Literature Review On Gender Based Violence

Gender-based violence (GBV) has been a major public health and a human rights concern across the globe. In most developing countries gender based violence is a manifestation of discrimination and low status given to some populations such as women and youth. This study was conducted in Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) among second years with the aim of establishing the risk factors that perpetuate Gender Based Violence among them and gathering factual evidence as a tool for raising awareness of the problem in an attempt to end the menace. The study was based on gender development theory and the ecological theory. The research design adopted was cross sectional explorative survey with both qualitative and quantitative approaches. A sample size of 200 students was obtained from second year students through stratified sampling and simple random sampling. Data was then collected using structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews and presentation done through the use of charts and tables. It was noted that the incidences varied across faculties, religions and as well different forms of the violence were triggered differently by different factors. The study recommend that it is imperative to have gender-based violence awareness programs in universities to raise gender-based

It is worth mentioning that most students prefer to remain quiet over the issues of abuse especially in relationships. A study conducted in 2014 on the subject at the university indicated that of the total interviewed male students, 15% of the males who had been violated reported the incidents while the females who had been violated a total 42.5% reported the abuse. 86% of the male respondents did not report abuse. The female students that did not report abuse were at 58%