| dc.description.abstract | Background: Gender‐Based Violence is worldwide across societies and it has usually been
noticed among men and women because of their sex and/or their socially constructed gender
roles. Sexual Gender Based Violence include acts that impose physical, mental, or sexual harm
or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in
public or in private life. Worldwide perpetration of sexual and Gender Based Violence has been
recognized to be present in both developed and developing countries regardless of who you
are.In Sub-Saharan Africa women’s report on sexual gender based violence has been
documented compared to that of men between 14% men and 41% women. In Uganda Sexual and
Gender Based Violence of men and women are respectively of 26% and 37% by Demographic
and Health Survey, (2011). In the Northern Uganda sexual gender based violence is worse in
areas that had been affected by the Lord Resistant Army.
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore sexual gender based violence and the
experiences of men in Ogur sub-county, lira district. The study was guided by four objectives; to
explore the aspects of social constructivism and power in Ogur sub-county in Lira district, to
establish the effects of Sexual Gender Based Violence on the men in Ogur sub-county in Lira
district, to devise solutions to address Sexual Gender Based Violence on men in Ogur sub-county
in Lira district.
Methodology: The study was a case control study with only qualitative approach. The study data
was collected using structured focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and key informants’
interviews. The study was conducted in Ogur sub county and it constituted married men and
women respondents from villages ,police out post, local council one and local council three of
Ogur sub-county The researcher used purposive sampling to draw the sample of respondents
who were be interviewed in the field. The first Focus Group Discussions consisted of nine men
and the second FGDs consisted of eight women who were purposively sampled. Qualitative data
were conceptualized, coded and organized into common concepts, themes and emerging issues
for easy analysis and interpretation.
Results: The study results shows that sexual gender based violence among men is a common
issue according to the findings from the respondents .They emphasized that the cause of sexual
gender based violence were poverty ,extramarital affairs ,overdrinking ,family background of
their partners , poor communication ,women’s rights ,early marriage ,educational level, domestic
chores, resource utilization, cultural aspects, substance abuse and leisure without the partner. The
study findings also shows that some of the women are perpetrators of sexual gender based
violence due to extramarital relationship and over dinking .Some women are also involved in
extramarital relationship and they tend to inflict sexual gender based violence on their partners in
the name of women’s rights and this has brought about shame, fear, trauma and physical injuries.
Recommendations Advocate for improvements and programs in several areas: health care
services, including capacity to identify survivors and enlarged access to clinical care and
psychosocial support for male survivors, program for safer and healthier life style, economic
development initiatives, including microfinance programs, for men and their families to assist
them to regain their productive role in the family, community awareness and empowerment. | en_US |
