| dc.description.abstract | This research was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in
Adjumani Town Council, Adjumani District – Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were;
to establish the causes of Gender Based Violence prevalence in Adjumani Town Council, to find
out the effects of Gender Based Violence on women and girls in Adjumani Town Council and to
propose the strategies of mitigating Gender Based Violence in communities. The investigation
was focused on the cause of GBV prevalence especially level of dominion, oppression and
discrimination of women in the property ownership, income access, social development
opportunities and its relationship to the status of women in the society with respect to the
observed masculine gender supremacy over societal matters and how it harms the welfare and
harmonious social development of women and girls in the society. A Qualitative design was
adopted to enable access into notion of GBV. Purposive sampling was used to access policy
informants and interview was used to obtain policy information from them as being the
stakeholders due to their deferring social capacities (heterogeneity in social status) in the society
while random sampling was used to select women and girls (observed GBV survivors) and men
(observed GBV perpetuators) and focused group discussion was employed to access data from
them as being from the same social setting (homogeneous social class). The field data analyzed
were obtained from 52 respondents. A content description analysis was used to analyze data for
better processing and interpretation from table to charts. The quality of data was enhanced by
designing a reliable tool to ensure validity of data, effective use of the planned data collection
methods, sample size and ethical considerations stated. The analysis and discussion of field data
estimated the GBV prevalence in the sample population to be 62%. The research also revealed
that GBV is facilitated by the Gender Power Asymmetries (GPAs) which was evolved from the
conflict of interest in traditional communities is a social loss for the feminine gender and has
affected the legal system and effective response to GBV suggesting a new paradigm shift in
response to GBV. | en_US |
