The Domestic Violence on School Going Children in Ntoroko District: A Case Study Of Rwebisingo Sub-County)
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2017-09
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Kampala International University, bachelors degree in Development Studies
Abstract
The main objective of the study was to examine the effects of domestic violence
on school going children. The study attempted to expose causes, kinds and
perpetrators of domestic violence against children, and how the violence
negatively affects schoolin~ victims; The study used ~~th qualitative and
quantitative paradigms in which data was collected through questionnaires,
oral interviews and focus group discussion. The study sampled adolescent
students and adults in selected schools and villages around Rwebisengo Sub
County, in Ntoroko, a district in Western Uganda. The research depicted
negative impacts of domestic violence against children on the victim's
education. It unveiled that domestic violence against schooling children harms
them emotionally, psychologically and physically. In the long run, this harm
hinders the victims' learning process in many ways such as inflicting the victim
to lose interest in education. The research adds knowledge to the awareness of
the relationship between domestic violence against children and victims'
education.
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A Research Proposal Submitted To the College Of Humanities and Social Sciences for the Partial Fulfillment of a Bachelor's Degree in Development Studies at Kampala International University
Keywords
Domestic Violence, Children, Rwebisingo Sub-County