a   “violence against women” is understood as a violation of human rights and a  form of discrimination against women and shall mean all acts of gender‐based  violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or  economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or  arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life; 

b   “domestic violence” shall mean all acts of physical, sexual, psychological or  economic violence that occur within the family or domestic unit or between  former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or  has shared the same residence with the victim;
For the purpose of this Convention: 

       “victim”

shall mean any natural person who is subject to the conduct specified  in points a and b;