Do social and cultural factors perpetuate gender based violence in Malawi?

dc.contributor.authorBisika, Thomas J.
dc.contributor.emailthomas.bisika@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T07:31:07Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T07:31:07Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractGender based violence in Malawi exist at a level that requires special acknowledgement. A survey was conducted to assess how social and cultural factors affect gender-based violence in Malawi. The study revealed that both men and women are victims of gender based violence although women bare the brunt of the practice. Men abuse women through battery, use of abusive language, not providing some requirements and overworking them. Women abuse men by not giving them food and engaging in extra marital affairs. The study concluded that there are cultural practices and beliefs that perpetuate gender-based violence and these include "chiongo"-dowry, polygamy, "the notion of household head", male mobility, forced marriage and not having sex with a woman when she is menstruating and during post-partum abstinence which can force a man to have extra-marital sex.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBisika,T 2008,‘Do social and cultural factors perpetuate gender based violence in Malawi?’, Gender and Behaviour, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1884-1896. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_genbeh.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1596-9231
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/10229
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIfe Centre for Psychological Studiesen_US
dc.rightsIfe Centre for Psychological Studiesen_US
dc.subjectSosio-cultural factorsen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectGender-based violence (GBV)en
dc.subjectMalawien_US
dc.subject.lcshSpousal abuse -- Malawien
dc.subject.lcshCulture -- Malawien
dc.titleDo social and cultural factors perpetuate gender based violence in Malawi?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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