Women’s perspectives on domestic gender-based violence a case study of women in Nebbi district
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2007-10
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
This study was set out to analyze the women's perspectives on domestic genderbased
violence in Nebbi District. Specifically the study was guided by the three. It also suffices to note that women are more involved in most of the rural chores
though their control over incomes is unfavorably looked down upon (Kasente,
1998:9). Reducing poverty and uplifting their status calls for recognition of the
contribution of women to development (Kwesiga, 1993: 9) particularly now that
80% are in the country side, illiterate and above all in rural and peri-urban areas
like Nebbi.The promotion of gender equality and empowering women by 2015 is enshrined
in the third goal of the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) on which several
countries including Uganda are focusing their development attention. Article 14 of
the United Nations Convention on elimination of violence against women, lays
greater emphasis on the protection of women and the appropriate measures
state parties should take in order to address the accruing challenges (Directorate
of Gender and Community Development, 2000: 31 ).
The above realization of violence emerges from the observed universal
oppression and inequality that are grounded in the patriarchal system of female
subservience and secondary status (Fenster, 1999:7). This system seems to
have a direct correlation with the current gender-based violence (DGBV) in the
structures of our societies, that keep women subjugated and maintained as
servants to men. With the ever-increasing magnitude, feminists have risen up to
question servile position. (Akina Mama WA Africa, 2003: 27).
At national level there are high rates of wife battering, particularly from Northern
and Eastern Uganda. According to locally available information at the District
community development office and the police in Nebbi, there is high rate of
defilement, rape and abuse and particularly geared towards the women and the
girl-child.
Domestic and gender issues needs a systematic attention in the design of
adjustment measures that are aimed at redressing the intra-house hold
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Award of a Master of Arts Degree in Development Administration and Management of Kampala International University
Keywords
gender-based violence, perspective