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Effects Of Gender-Based Violence On Women. A Case Study Of Iganga Town Council Sub-County, Iganga District

Kafuko Sharon, Wamimbi Denis


Abstract

This study investigates the profound impact of gender-based violence on women in Iganga Town Council Sub County Iganga District. The purpose of the study was to critically examine and understand prevalence, forms and consequences of gender-based violence of Iganga Town Council Sub County Iganga District. This study was guided by three major objectives and the research objectives were to find out the types and forms of gender-based violence, the causes of gender-based violence, and the impact of gender-based violence on women in Iganga Town Council Sub County in Iganga District. The literature reviewed indicated that number of cross-cultural studies of women abuse have found that most gender-based violence involves male anger directed against their women partners. This gender difference appears to be rooted in the way boys and men are socialized—biological factors do not seem to account for the dramatic differences in behavior in this regard between men and women. The study employed qualitative and quantitative approach, which used both cross sectional survey and descriptive research design for collection and analysis of data. It allowed the researcher to understand how participants understand, interpret and experience a particular phenomenon by focusing on the participants’ views and perspectives of their everyday experiences. The findings show that looking at the prevalence of and reasons for gender-based violence among women from low socioeconomic communities of Iganga, cross-sectional study were conducted to estimate the prevalence of gender-based violence and identify the reasons for it among 50 respondents aged 15-45 years in low socioeconomic areas in Iganga Town Council Sub County. Low educational status was the commonest reason for gender-based violence followed socio-economic inequalities and cultural values and beliefs. There is a need to address this problem with efforts from community workers, policy-makers, nongovernmental organizations and others.
Metropolitan Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research

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Kafuko Sharon & Wamimbi Denis (2024). Effects Of Gender-Based Violence On Women. A Case Study Of Iganga Town Council Sub-County, Iganga District. Metropolitan Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research, 3(2). https://journals.miu.ac.ug/pages/article.php?article_id=1726

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