Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Traditional Practices and Gender-Based Violence

Abstract

This study assessed if traditional practices such as early marriage, Female genital cutting and honour violence perpetuate gender-based violence in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopted the quasi-experimental research design in selecting four hundred samples from Obudu Local Government Area using stratified and purposive sampling technique. The questionnaire and interview guide were the instruments used for data collection. Quantitative data collected was analyzed using multiple regression, while qualitative data were thematically analyzed. Out of the 400 instruments distributed only 331 was returned and was used for analysis. The result from the analysis revealed that Traditional practices such as early marriage, Female genital cutting, honour violence perpetuate gender-based violence in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study recommends amongst others that the government through legislation has to increase women enrolment and access to education at all level.

Determinant of Intimate partner violence Family: parametric Statistics of the influence of household decision-making autonomy and Family Income Status

“…In Nigeria, the case is not different, the National Population Commission and ICF international report in 2017 estimate that women exposed to intimate violence from their intimate partner stand at 19 per cent for intimate emotional violence, 14 per cent for intimate physical violence and 5 per cent for sexual intimate violence (NPC & ICF, 2017; Benebo, 88 Schumann, & Vaezghasemi, 2018;Ojong-Ejoh, Cobham, Iloeje, & Tangban, 2021). Other studies in Nigeria on intimate partner violence revealed that 31 to 61 per cent suffer from sexual violence and 7 to 31 per cent from physical violence (Barebo, Schuman & vaezghasemi, 2018).…”