Define and describe the human rights violations on gender based violence

Gender-based violence violates several women rights such as the right to life, the right to equal protection under the law, freedom from torture, degrading and cruel treatment, the right to equality in the family and also the right to the highest standard attainable of physical and mental health

human right violation : human right violation is a disallowance of freedom of thoughts and moments to which all the women legally have right.

gender based violence: gender based violence refers to harmful act erected to an individual based on their gender .

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.