Causes and Implications of Violence against Women as Perceived by Undergraduates in Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria
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2020
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Nigerian Association of Health Educators
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Violence Against Women (VAN) implies any act of violence directed at women and girls because of their gender. This study examined the causes and implications of violence against women as perceived by undergraduates of Kwara State University, Malete in Nigeria. A descriptive research design of survey method was used for the study. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to select 287 respondents for the study. The four postulated null hypotheses were tested using inferential statistics of t-test and ANOVA @ 0.05 alpha level. The findings from the study revealed that causes of violence against women as perceived by undergraduates include norms granting male control over female, culture linking masculinity to dominance or aggression, carly marriage, gender inequality, mental health issues such as witnessing violence as a child, poverty, alcohol abuse and rigid gender roles. The implications of violence agamst women perceived were that violence makes women become aggressive against men; results in low self-esteem such as depression; leads to rape, Sexually Transmitted Infections, unwanted pregnancy and abortion. It was also found that there was no difference in the perceived causes and implications between male and female undergraduates regardless of their levels. It was therefore recommended among others that comprehensive public awareness campaigns should be carried out, to inform the public that domestic violence is harmful and against the law; the University should integrate a comprehensive understanding of the causes and consequences of Violence Against Women into appropriate education and training curricula at all levels, including, among others, in the professional education of health workers, teachers, law enforcement personnel and social workers
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Perception, Cause, Implication, Violence and Undergraduates
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Jidda, K. A. & Jamiu, A. T. (2020): Causes and Implications of Violence against Women as Perceived by Undergraduates in Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria . Nigerian Journal of Health Education. 23 (1); 327-338, Published by the Nigerian Association of Health Educators.