Tag: gender-based violence
Effects of Gender-based Violence on Girl’s Classroom Participation: Evidence of Public Secondary Schools in Kakamega East Sub County Kenya

Effects of Gender-based Violence on Girl’s Classroom Participation: Evidence of Public Secondary Schools in Kakamega East Sub County Kenya

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Merciline Atsango, Jason Nganyi and Lydia WamochaDepartment Of Educational Planning and ManagementMasinde Muliro University of Science and TechnologyOrcid: 0009-0003-3261-682XEmail: mercilineatsango@gmail.com Abstract: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant obstacle to girls’ learning, limiting their ability to access, attend and complete secondary education. Despite government initiatives to promote equality in educational access, many girls experiencephysical, sexual, psychological…

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Influence of Gender Role Expectations on Gender-Based Violence among Women of Reproductive Age in Turkana County, Kenya

Influence of Gender Role Expectations on Gender-Based Violence among Women of Reproductive Age in Turkana County, Kenya

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Kaaman Phibia Erot, James Sankale and Violet SimiyuThe Catholic University of Eastern Africa, KenyaEmail: phoebeerot@gmail.com Abstract: Gender-based violence remains a major public health and human rights concern, with cultural beliefs and practices shaping gender relations and women’s vulnerability to violence. This study examined the influence of gender role expectations on gender-based violence among women of…

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Influence of Polygamy on Gender-Based Violence Prevalence in South Sudan: A Case Study of Unity State (BENTIU)

Influence of Polygamy on Gender-Based Violence Prevalence in South Sudan: A Case Study of Unity State (BENTIU)

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Bakhita Steven Guet, Lilian Chesikaw and Magdaline GesareEgerton UniversityEmail: bol.1150724@student.egerton.ac.ke Abstract: Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a pervasive human rights violation and major public health crisis across South Sudan. While polygamous marriage systems are widely practiced throughout Unity State, their specific influence on household power dynamics, resource distribution, and domestic violence prevalence remains insufficiently investigated within…

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Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions of the Community towards Femicide

Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions of the Community towards Femicide

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Zipporah Kitambulisho Okello, Magdalene Gesare & Lilian ChesikawEgerton University, Kenya.Email: zipporahokello@gmail.com Abstract: Femicide cases among female students have continued to rise despite universities and the country establishing various policies to prevent, and respond to femicide. The study explored the perceptions, attitudes and opinions of the community towards femicide in the University of Nairobi, Nairobi County.…

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Gender-Based Violence Emasculates Men: Barriers to Reporting Abuse and Seeking Support Services among Men in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya

Gender-Based Violence Emasculates Men: Barriers to Reporting Abuse and Seeking Support Services among Men in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya

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Julia Awino Okeyo, Thomas Gisemba Onsarigo, and Violet Nekesa SimiyuFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, KenyaEmail: okeyojulia258@gmail.com Abstract: Violence against men is a frequently overlooked facet of gender-based violence (GBV), with discussions predominantly centered around women’s experiences. This oversight leads to the misperception that men do not endure violence.…

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If Gender-Based Violence Knows no Racial Boundaries, what is Its Colour and Complexion in Africa? A Case of Mashonaland Province of Zimbabwe

If Gender-Based Violence Knows no Racial Boundaries, what is Its Colour and Complexion in Africa? A Case of Mashonaland Province of Zimbabwe

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Annah Moyo & Sinikiwe MapangisanaFaculty of EducationMidlands State University, ZimbabweEmail: Moyoan@staff.msu.ac.zw/ mapangisanas@staff.msu.ac.zw Abstract: Vehemence is largely an extreme human attribute, hence not new to Africa. However, violence is culturally relative, determined and handled. This means that culture is at the epicenter of gender instituted violence and schemes that curtail or control it. A people’s epistemologies,…

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