Experiences And Prevalence Of Gender-Based Violence Among Public Secondary School Student In Ibadan North Local Government Area, Ibadan
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2022-12
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Lead City University
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Gender-based violence has been identified as a public health problem. Several studies have been done on gender-based violence. However, there has not been sufficiently researched as experience among adolescents in Nigeria, especially in Ibadan. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the experiences and prevalence of gender-based violence among students in Ibadan North local government area. This study was a cross-sectional design where 385 students were selected using a multi-stage random sampling technique. Data collected was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 21. Graphs, regression analysis, and Chi-square test of independence were used to present results with hypotheses stated at p< 0.05 significant levels. A total of 323 students participated in the study, 166 (51.4%) females and 157 (48.6%) males. The higher proportion of the respondents, 165 (51.1%), were in the age group 15–18 years, and the majority of them, 255 (79.2%), were Yoruba. Only 31% of the participants claimed to have been taught about gender-based violence. More than three quarters (85.5%) of the respondents agreed that girls were more at risk of gender-based violence. With approximately 40.4% prevalence of sexual harassment, 65.6% physical violence, and 28.8% bullying, however, only 42.7% of the respondents claimed to have reported the incidence. The findings of this study indicate that gender-based violence is prevalent amongst public secondary school students and also ascertained that a higher proportion of the students have not been enlightened or taught about the concept of gender-based violence in their schools. Therefore, there is need for the Violence Against Persons Provision Act to eradicate gender-based violence, school students and the adoption of a school-based prevention handbook into schools.
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Keywords: Gender based violence, Sexual Harassment, Physical violence, Adolescents, Violence against Persons act
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Kate Turabian