scholarly journals Predictors and facilitators of gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid review

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifeyinwa C Akamike ◽  
Chigozie J Uneke ◽  
Henry C Uro-Chukwu ◽  
Ijeoma N Okedo-Alex ◽  
Onyedikachi E Chukwu
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Gender Based

scholarly journals Predictors and facilitators of gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid review

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifeyinwa C Akamike ◽  
Chigozie J Uneke ◽  
Henry C Uro-Chukwu ◽  
Ijeoma N Okedo-Alex ◽  
Onyedikachi E Chukwu
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Gender Based

Predictors and facilitators of gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid review

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifeyinwa C Akamike ◽  
Chigozie J Uneke ◽  
Henry C Uro-Chukwu ◽  
Ijeoma N Okedo-Alex ◽  
Onyedikachi E Chukwu
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Gender Based

scholarly journals Gender Based Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muluken Dessalegn Muluneh ◽  
Virginia Stulz ◽  
Lyn Francis ◽  
Kingsley Agho
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Pooled Prevalence ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Gender Based

This study aimed to systematically review studies that examined the prevalence of gender based violence (GBV) that included intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-IPV among women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This evidence is an important aspect to work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) target of eliminating all forms of violence in SSA. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. Ovid Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane Central, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science were used to source articles with stringent eligibility criteria. Studies on GBV in SSA countries that were published in English from 2008 to 2019 were included. A random effect meta-analysis was used. Fifty-eight studies met the inclusion criteria. The pooled prevalence of IPV among women was 44%, the past year-pooled prevalence of IPV was 35.5% and non-IPV pooled prevalence was 14%. The highest prevalence rates of IPV that were reported included emotional (29.40%), physical (25.87%) and sexual (18.75%) violence. The sub-regional analysis found that women residing in Western (30%) and Eastern (25%) African regions experienced higher levels of emotional violence. Integrated mitigation measures to reduce GBV in SSA should focus mainly on IPV in order to achieve the SDG’s that will lead to sustainable changes in women’s health.

Conflict period sexual violence against women: Promise of the vulnerability theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-85
Author(s):  
Judith A Oloo
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Vulnerability Theory ◽  
Gender Based

Compared to most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya has, for a long time, enjoyed relative peace. However, this perceived peace has been marked with several incidents of internal clashes exposing women to large-scale gender-based sexual violence. While sexual violence is generally common in peacetime, it is exacerbated in conflict situations such as the post-election violence of 2007–2008 which saw mass incidents of rape and unprecedented killings in Kenya. This happened despite a robust legal framework prohibiting sexual violence. This article shows that the state’s to take cognisance of certain issues uniquely affecting women in Kenya in various aspects and contexts accumulate to disadvantage women, thereby making them more vulnerable. Second, the state’s failure to respond adequately to the unique plight of women during peacetime further exacerbates their suffering during armed conflicts. Thus, in a bid to find a better legal framework to protect women during conflict in Kenya, this article analyses the vulnerability theory of human rights which acknowledges that humans are generally and naturally vulnerable to certain elements. It concludes by stating that only when the vulnerability of women is understood and appreciated, can the law be effectively used to protect women against sexual and gender-based violence in conflict situations, among other hardships that women face, just by virtue of being women. It proposes among others a multidimensional approach including law reform, strict implementation of the existing law, economic inclusion of women and more investment in women as a remedy.

scholarly journals Hybrid Peacebuilding Approaches in Africa: Harnessing Complementary Parallels

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
MaryAnne Iwara
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
International Peacebuilding ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Customary Practices

Many of the most pressing conflicts across sub-Saharan Africa today—including violent extremism, sexual and gender-based violence, pastoralist/farmer conflicts, and criminal banditry—are shaped by local, community-level drivers. Despite these local drivers, however, international peacebuilding approaches often ignore or neglect bottom-up, grassroots strategies for addressing them. Often, international efforts to contribute to the prevention and management of local conflicts depend heavily on large-scale, expensive, and external interventions like peacekeepers, while under-investing in or by-passing traditional/customary mechanisms and resources that uphold locally defined values of peace, tolerance, solidarity, and respect. Recognizing that these traditional and customary practices themselves sometimes have their own legacies of violence and inequality, this policy note emphasizes the possibility of combining aspects of traditional peacebuilding mechanisms with international conflict management approaches to harness the benefits of both.

Understanding the Relationship Between Male Gender Socialization and Gender-Based Violence Among Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 638-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Whitney Fry ◽  
Asheley C. Skinner ◽  
Stephanie B. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Gender Socialization ◽  
Male Gender ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

Gender-based violence (GBV) in humanitarian emergencies is progressively recognized as a global public health problem. Detrimental gender norms influence male perpetrated GBV against women, and social and structural contexts of forced migration and camp resettlement contribute to problematic gender norm development. The review sought to elucidate the dynamics that link gender socialization among male youth in sub-Saharan Africa with violent sexual behaviors. Two concepts were explored: (1) male gender socialization in sub-Saharan Africa related to GBV perpetration patterns and (2) the effect of forced migration on male socialization and GBV. We reviewed articles using a standard systematic review methodology, searching academic databases for peer-reviewed articles, and contacting experts for gray literature. Our initial search identified 210 articles. We manually reviewed these, and 19 met the review inclusion criteria. We identified 20 variables from the first concept and 18 variables from the second. GBV perpetration by male youth is positively associated with social pressures as well as cultural and religious beliefs. Amid forced migration, personal, societal, and cultural preexisting gender inequalities are often amplified to encourage GBV perpetration. The literature revealed aspects of culture, language, role modeling, religion, and the context of violence as important factors that shape young men’s perspectives regarding the opposite sex and gender relations as well as sexual desires and dominance. Overall, though, literature focusing on male socialization and GBV prevention is limited. We made recommendations for future studies among refugee male youth in order to better understand these relationships.

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