For starters I would define gender-selective political violence as violence targeted at individuals or groups based on their gender.

For starters I would define gender-selective political violence as violence targeted at individuals or groups based on their gender. While research suggests that a significant proportion of women worldwide will at some point in their lives experience GBV, the extent to which men and boys are affected is unknown. An associated form of violence is Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG), which is directed specifically at females. GBV is often divided into two interlinked categories, interpersonal and structural/institutional violence. Interpersonal violence refers to an act of economic, sexual, psychological or other violence perpetrated by an individual against another individual. Structural/institutional violence refers to ‘any form of structural inequality or institutional discrimination that maintains a person in a subordinate position, whether physical or ideological, to other people within her family, household or community. Both types involve the prioritization of hegemonic masculinities above the rights of other gendered identities, including women’s.