Trade facilitation measures improve the trading environment by reducing transaction costs and thereby increasing the gains from trade.
Violence and sexuality share a circular relationship: violence not only sets the parameters of individuals sexuality, it also affects their sexual persona and makes sexuality a space of fear and shame.
Scrutiny and control of women's sexuality and women's reproductive role by the state are well recognized in the history of societies [Sarkar 1993]. Tribal wars over possession of women were rooted in the struggle for survival of the tribe itself.
Violence is generally interpreted as physical, sexual and mental abuse of individuals.
Gender violence causes more death and ability among women aged 14-44 than cancer, malaria, tmffic accidents, or even war.