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    Cultural Norms and Sexual Violence against Women in Hodan District, Mogadishu Somalia
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021-03) Nour, Ahmed Bashir
    The study undertaken to examine the cultural norms that influence sexual violence against women in Hodan District, Mogadishu, Somalia. The study set out to analyze the cultural norms that promote female genital mutilation; examine cultural norms that promote forced marriages against women; analyze how cultural norms promote child and early marriages, and to determine how cultural norms promote rape against women in Hodan district, Mogadishu, Somalia. The study adopted a descriptive design, were the data was collected from 165 Respondents and 12 qualitative interviews that were attained purposively. Female Genital Mutilation is a norm that should not be broken 80.8% and female genital mutilation protects girls sex before marriage, unwanted pregnancy 80%.The main cultural norms that promote forced marriages against women included family arrangements to protect girls from illegal sex and unwanted pregnancy(99% of respondents). The cultural norms that promote child marriages included the belief that girls are very sensitive and good at sex at the age of 15(80% of the respondents), and the belief that early marriage enables a woman or family to produce many children (78%). believe that. As for rape, most families don’t report the issues to the authorities (77%), reliance on customs to handle rape, and the perpetrators believing that they will get away by paying money or livestock to the victim or survivor’s family. The study concludes that a number of cultural norms promote various forms of sexual violence against women, in Hodan district. The study recommends among others that local communities, both men and women should be sensitized about the negative cultural norms that promote sexual violence and the reporting mechanisms, and strengthening the legal framework against all forms of sexual violence.