Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Analysis

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Analyzing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

• GBV is a widespread issue globally, with Nigeria being no exception.
• Despite efforts to address the issue, women still face inequality in social, political, and economic spheres.

Introduction to Gender-Based Violence

• GBV occurs in all areas of life, with the family being the most common place where women experience violence.
• Nearly one-third (30%) of all women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner (WHO, 2013).

Objectives

• Examine the concept of Gender-Based Violence against women.
• Identify forms of Gender-Based Violence.
• Analyze the causes of Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria.
• Suggest ways to address Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria.

Concept of Gender-Based Violence

• GBV is defined by the UN as any act that results in physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women.
• GBV includes threats, coercion, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, and harm or suffering in the family or community.

Forms of Gender-Based Violence Against Women

• Overt physical abuse (battering, sexual assault, etc.).
• Psychological abuse (deprivation of liberty, forced marriage, sexual harassment, etc.).
• Deprivation of resources needed for physical and psychological well-being (health care, nutrition, education, etc.).
• Treatment of women as commodities and men as load carriers or beasts of burden (trafficking for sexual exploitation).

Causes of Gender Violence in Nigeria

• Indecent dressing.
• Misunderstanding.
• Illiteracy.
• Discrimination.
• Poverty.
• Infidelity.
• Unemployment.
• Broken homes.
• Carelessness.
• Struggles for survival.
• Aggression.
• Age.

Suggestions on How to Address Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria

• Advocate for and legislate the abolition of traditional practices that limit women's access to credit, economic resources, property rights, and right to inheritance.
• Implement effective gender policies that improve economic rights for all genders.
• Protect all genders from violence by both state and non-state actors.
• Repeal legal provisions that deny equal capacity under the law.
• Integrate men and women's human rights in the application and implementation of Sharia laws in Nigeria.