Gender Terminology Booklet

Sesotho sa Leboa Tshiven ḓ a

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Definitions

Xitsonga

125 family violence All acts of physical, sexual, psychological, or economic violence that occur within the family or domestic unit,

dikgaruru tša ka lapeng

khakhathi dza mu ṱ ani

vona domestic violence

irrespective of biological or legal family ties, or between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence as the victim. Social services professionals who provide assistance and guidance to children and families in need. Being of or subscribing to the sex that can bear offspring or produces eggs as distinguished biologically from one that produces sperm.

126 family worker

modirelaleago wa lapa

mushumi wa mu ṱ ani

mupfuni wa le ndyangwini

127 female

mosadi

tshifumakadzi tshisadzi

xisati

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Gender Terminology Booklet