| dc.description.abstract | Background: Gender-based violence (GBV), or violence against women, is a major public
health and human rights problem throughout the world. Around the world, as many as one in
every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in some other way – most
often by someone she knows, including by her husband or another male family member; one
woman in four has been abused during pregnancy.
Objective: The purpose of study was to determine knowledge and attitude towards
prevention of gender based violence among married women in Kitebi village, Rubaga
division, Kampala
Methods: This was a cross-sectional and descriptive in nature, employing quantitative
method of data collection was used to assess knowledge and attitude towards prevention of
gender based violence among married women in Kitebi village, Rubaga division, Kampala
among 162 married women selected using probability simple random sampling, data was
analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Results: From the data analyzed, the level of GV was at 77.8%. 64.6% of the respondents
have ever heard of GBV, 40.1% knew what GBV means, 55.6% mentioned that the main
form of GBV is physical abuse, 57.4% knew the effect/consequences of GBV and most of the
respondents 54.9% said the consequences of GBV among families is physical disabilities.
40.7% of the respondents agreed that men are always superior to women, 40.1% strongly
agreed that once a woman has had children for a man, she is bound to stay with man no
matter the level of violence experienced, 42.6% agreed that friends and families are likely to encourage victim of GBV to endure victimization hoping that things will get better and
46.9% agreed that being beaten by a man is a sign of love. 64.2% of the respondents knew
what do in cases of GBV and the main action at 53.8% was reporting to the police and other
authorities while putting and following strict laws on GBV was the main suggested
preventive measures
Conclusion: In conclusion, this study revealed that the level of GBV among married women
was high, the knowledge on GBV prevention was moderate and the attitude of the
respondents towards GBV prevention was poor
Recommendations: Therefore the study recommends that Gender Based Violence should
strictly be treated as a crime and violators should be punished severely so as to prevent others
from abusing their partners | en_US |
