The Domestic Violence Act of 2007, has been hailed as a landmark in the promotion of human rights in Ghana. The Act is intended to protect all, especially women, against domestic violence and punis…
This article reflects on contemporary struggles for citizenship rights through an examination of civil society’s advocacy for the passage of domestic violence legislation in…
Feminist Africa seeks to take stock, as it were, of some contemporary thinking on gender and violence.
This study examines the connection between intimate partner violence (IPV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus status among married and cohabitating women in Zimbabwe using an African feminist framew…
Gender-based violence is a key health risk for women globally and in South Africa. The authors analyzed data from 1,395 interviews with women attending antenatal clinics in Soweto, South Africa, b…
Gender-based violence is a key health risk for women globally and in South Africa. The authors analyzed data from 1,395 interviews with women attending antenatal clinics in Soweto, South Africa, b…
Gender-based violence is one of the major public health problems in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess the perception and attitude of the community towards gender-based violence among married wom…
Introduction: Child abuse in Africa is a major threat to the achievement of the sustainable development goals on the continent and has become increasingly topical with a dramatic increase in recogn…
The Refugee Consortium Kenya (RCK) developed this booklet as a useful and important information awareness tool for refugees and asylum seekers to help them understand what Gender Based Violence (GB…
This essay looks into reasons women have for reporting or not reporting domestic violence and sexual assault. While this topic has received a considerable amount of research from scholars, it stil…