Persistence of sexual violence against females: A case of North A district Unguja
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2017
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Mzumbe university
Abstract
The topic of this study was the persistence of sexual violence against females using North “A” District Unguja as a case study. Specifically the study was dealing with examine the persistence of sexual violence against female in the North “A” Unguja, to identify factors contributing to sexual violence in the study areas from 2005 – 2015 and to examine the government strategies on curbing sexual violence in North “A” Unguja. This study adopted descriptive research design simply because this method is more elaborative information to the reader about the topic under the study. Furthermore, the method describes the characteristics of the population being studied. This research included 100 respondents who represented the entire community from the study area. The study will also be qualitative and quantitative by using numerical data and showing phenomena relating to quality of individual or group. A number of sampling techniques were used including interviews, questionnaire, documentary analysis and focused Group Discussion (FGD). The study revealed that, sexual violence against females existed despite of the community members. Factors contributing to the sexual violence identified include western culture and lack of ethics. Other factors contributing to sexual violence in the study areas included drug abuse and lack of ethical values. The study concluded that, a number of factors triggered sexual violence but the community themselves were not taking it as a serious issue because from the research findings it was noted that, the respondents were aware of the issue and its effects but only the government was taking some measures and not the community, for example, implementation of strategies against sexual violence and monitoring policies on sexual issues. The study recommended that the community should control sexual violence by using policy intervention as introduced by the government.
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A dissertation Submitted to Mzumbe University as a partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of the Masters Degree of Science in Development policy (MSc DP) of Mzumbe University.
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Persistence of sexual violence against female., Factors contributing to sexual violence in the study areas., Government strategies on curbing sexual violence.