GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF WOMEN IN KIGULU NORTH, IGANGA DISTRICT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .......................................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................................ ii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................................ iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................ v

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................. viii

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................................ ix

LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................................... x

LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................... xi

CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................................................... 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 1

1.2 Statement of the problem ........................................................................................................................ 3

1.3 General objective .................................................................................................................................... 4

1.4 Specific objectives .................................................................................................................................. 4

1.5 Research questions .................................................................................................................................. 4

1.6 Scope of the study ................................................................................................................................... 5

1.6.1 Content Scope ...................................................................................................................................... 5

1.6.2 Area of Scope ....................................................................................................................................... S

1.6.3 Time/duration ....................................................................................................................................... 5

1.6 Significance of the study ......................................................................................................................... 5

1.7 Justification of the study ......................................................................................................................... 6

1.8 Conceptual Framework ........................................................................................................................... 7

I. 9 Definition of significance terms .............................................................................................................. 7

1.10 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 8

CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................................ 9

LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 9

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 9

2.1 Types of Gender Based Violence that impairs psychological well-being ofwomen .............................. 9

2.1.1 physical gender based violence .......................................................................................................... 10

2.1.2 sexual violence ................................................................................................................................... 11

2.1.3 psychological violence ....................................................................................................................... 12

2.1.4 Economic violence ............................................................................................................................. 12

2.2 Causes of the high rate of Gender Based Violence in African perspective ........................................... 13

2.3 Effects of Gender Base Violence .......................................................................................................... 15

2.4 Laws and policies on gender based violence in Uganda ....................................................................... 17

2.5 Summary of Literature Review ............................................................................................................. 18

CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................................. 19

3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 19

3. l Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 19

3 .2 Research design ..................................................................................................................................... 19

3 .3 Area of the study ................................................................................................................................... 19

3.4 Population of the study .......................................................................................................................... 20

3.5 Sample size and sampling techniques ................................................................................................... 20

3.6 Data collection methods and instruments .............................................................................................. 20

3.6.1 Questionnaire ..................................................................................................................................... 21

3.6.2 Interview ............................................................................................................................................ 21

3.7 Quality control methods ........................................................................................................................ 21

3.8 Data Management ................................................................................................................................. 21

3 .9 Data Analysis techniques ...................................................................................................................... 22

3.9.1 Dataprocessing .................................................................................................................................. 22

3.10 Ethical considerations ......................................................................................................................... 22

3.11. Limitations and delimitations of the study ......................................................................................... 23

CHAPTER FOUR ..................................................................................................................................... 24

DATA PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ...................................................................................... 24

4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 24

4.2 Background information about respondents ................................ : ........................................................ 24

4.2.1 Age Distribution of Respondents ....................................................................................................... 25

4.2.2: Distribution of Respondents by Level of Education ......................................................................... 26

4.3 Types of Gender Based Violence that impairs psychological well-being ofwomen ............................ 26

4.3.1 Types of gender based violence ......................................................................................................... 26

4.4 Causes of gender based violence ........................................................................................................... 28

4.5 Effects of gender based violence ........................................................................................................... 29

4.6 The Management of gender based violence in Kigulu North ............................................................... 31

4.6.1 Laws and remedies available for people in cases of gender based violence ...................................... 31

4.7 Findings and Interpretation ................................................................................................................... 32

4.7.1 Findings .............................................................................................................................................. 32

4.7.2 interpretation ...................................................................................................................................... 33

CHAPTER FIVE ....................................................................................................................................... 35

SUMMARY, CONCLUSSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................... 35

5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 35

5.2 Summary of findings ............................................................................................................................. 35

5.2.1 Summary of findings on the types of gender based violence ............................................................. 35

5.2.2 Summary of findings on the causes of gender based violence ........................................................... 35

5.2.3 Summary of findings on the effects of gender based violence ........................................................... 35

5.3 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 36

5.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................. 37

5.5 Suggestions for further research ............................................................................................................ 37

REFERENCE ............................................................................................................................................ 38

APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................... 40 

ABSTRACT 

It is well established that Gender Based Violence and psychological well-being of women are linked with each other for male batterers, and !here is evidence of a Gender Based Violence in Kigulu N01ih which as negative relationship with psychological well-being of the victims. Gender based Violence services are not typically linked with each other by programs, or if such service linkage does exist, it tends to be poorly developed, because very little is known about the relationships of gender based violence and psychological well-being of women, this comparative study was designed to examine the lifetime prevalence, types, cause and effects of gender based violence. When compared with I 00 fan1ilies in Kigulu No1ih, Iganga district, about 20 families reported greater prevalence of physical, sexual, and psychological aggression (violence) directed al the mother of their youngest biological child over the course of the relationship as most common types of gender based violence. They also reported more frequent physical, sexual, and psychological aggression directed at the mother during the previous year. Very few men reported to have been experiencing physical and sexual violence by the women. The results highlight the need for measures to end the risk of gender based violence.