gender-based violence – Journal of Research Innovation and Implications in Education

Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions of the Community towards Femicide

By JRIIE | July 25, 2026

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.…

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

By JRIIE | July 10, 2025

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.…

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

By JRIIE | February 2, 2025

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,…