Sexual Dilemma: Perceptions and Attitudes of Sexually Violated Women in Gweru Urban, Zimbabwe

Panganai, Tsitsi; Samkange, Wellington

doi:10.15580/gjss.2013.7.071713738

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“…Among the students who experienced violence, 12.9%, 7.9%, 46.5% encountered mild sexual violence (rape), severe sexual violence (rape) and mild physical violence respectively. This nding is lower than studies conducted in other African countries; the life time prevalence of sexual violence (rape) in South West Nigeria and Urban Zimbabwe was 42.1% and 33% respectively (12,13) . This discrepancy might be due to social and cultural variation between the study subjects in reporting sexual violence or rape.…”

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Violence Against Children and Associated Factors Among High School Students in Jimma Town

Disasa¹,

Siraneh²,

Aragaw³

et al. 2020

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Experiencing violence in childhood impacts lifelong health and well-being. Yet being subject to violence at a young age causes enduring psychological, social and neurological vandalism which stops people reaching their full potential in life. Violence against children includes all forms of violence against people under 18 years old ; therefore the purpose of this study is to determine the magnitude of violence against children and associated factors among sampled high school students in Jimma town. Method: Institution based crossectional study was employed among sampled 423 private and public high school students of Jimma town from february15-30, 2018. Self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. A multi stage with proportional to sample size was employed. Result: A total of 419 respondents participated in the study, making the response rate 99%. A large proportion of the study subjects, 57.5 %, were females, and 56.3% were Oromo’s. The study indicates that the prevalence of violence among high school children’s’ in Jimma town is 62.5%. Children who had faced severe physical violence accounted for 14.1%. Pertaining to parental relationships and interactions, the majority of the school children (66.3%) did not have free discussion on reproductive health issues with their parents or guardians. Conclusion: The prevalence of any form of violence in life time (Physical, sexual and psychological) found to be high. Of all children who experienced violence near to half of them encountered mild physical violence. Less number of school children had experience of Kchat chewing and/or alcohol use.

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Violence Against Children and Associated Factors Among High School Students in Jimma Town

Disasa¹,

Siraneh²,

Aragaw³

et al. 2020

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Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Female Students of Gonder Teacher’ Training College, Gonder, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Birkie¹,

Zenebe²,

Biset³

et al. 2020

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Background: Violence against women is the world's most prevalent, pervasive and enduring problem. Sexual violence appears to be particularly great among adolescent girls of Sub-Saharan African countries, including Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from January to February 2018, and 322 participants were selected via a stratified sampling technique. Data were entered using Epi-data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis, then bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was employed to see statistically significant factors. Results: Lifetime prevalence of Gender-based violence was found to be 35.1% (95% CI: 29.9 - 40.3). Risk factors significantly associated with sexual violence were living alone (AOR = 4.3 95% CI: 1.03, 18.09), having two or more number of sexual partner in life (AOR = 11.5 95% CI: 2.80, 47.16), lack of open discussion between parents and daughters about reproductive health issues (AOR= 5.05 95% CI: 1.37, 18.55), being third year student 9.06(1.96, 41.94), strict parenting style over the girls behavior (AOR = 3.4 (1.04,10.72), alcohol consumption (AOR = 8.3 95% CI: 2.57, 27.00), use of khat (AOR = 11.05 95% CI: 3.53, 34.60), and monthly financial support to the girls from family (AOR= 0.1, 95% CI: (0.03, 0.73). Conclusion: The prevalence of Gender-based violence among female college students in Gonder town was high. Attention should be paid to the reduction of the prevalence and those risk factors of Gender-based violence.

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Sexual violence among married women: Burden and action taken

Chhabra

Namgyal

2014

J Basic Clin Reprod Sci

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BACKGROUND Sexual violence (SV), the manifestation of social, psychological, and economic subordination of women, has existed since ancient times, but has remained largely hidden. It is now being recognized as important public health concern worldwide carce, mostly incomplete studies indicate that SV is commonly a component of intimate partner violence (IPV). Much of the information, which comes from the police and health services, is under estimates, since only small fraction of women who experience SV reach these services. Available literature reveals that in some countries such as Africa, Ireland, nearly one of four women suffer SV by intimate partner and up to one-third adolescent girls report forced sexual initiation. [1-5] It could be that it is more prevalent in low resource settings due to lack of education, information, cultural differences and that women are not aware of their rights. Despite its prevalence, it has received relatively less attention from the social scientists, practitioners, justice system and the society as a whole. SV as marital rape continues to be debated and women continue to suffer. In World Health Organization (WHO) definition of SV "SV is a serious public health and human rights problem with both short-and long-term consequences on women's physical, mental, and sexual and reproductive health. Whether SV occurs in the context of an intimate partnership, within the larger family or community structure, or during times of conflict, it is a deeply violating and painful experience for the survivor" was used. [6] Research is essential to understand the subject in depth for implementation of policies, which will further lead to prevention and better care of victims. The present study was aimed to look into the magnitude of SV among married women in low resource settings.

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Sexual Dilemma: Perceptions and Attitudes of Sexually Violated Women in Gweru Urban, Zimbabwe

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Violence Against Children and Associated Factors Among High School Students in Jimma Town

Violence Against Children and Associated Factors Among High School Students in Jimma Town

Risk Factors for Gender-Based Violence among Female Students of Gonder Teacher’ Training College, Gonder, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sexual violence among married women: Burden and action taken

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