Domestic Violence against Women in Ebonyi State Rural Communities, Southeast, Nigeria
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2019
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Faculty of Social Science, Enugu State University of Social Science
Abstract
Domestic violence against women in rural communities especially in Sub-Saharan Africa has
continued to thrive despite its global condemnation. The study tried to assess the multifarious
nature of domestic violence metted against women in Ebonyi State rural communities, Southeast,
Nigeria. The multistage sampling techniques were adopted and 360 respondents (females of 18
years and above) formed the sample representative using the questionnaire. Qualitative data
were also generated using the Indepth Interview Guide (IDI) with 30 participants that were not
part of the questionnaire. Psychoanalytic feminist theory and status expectation theory were
adopted as the theoretical framework. Data collected were analyzed using the descriptive
statistics; frequency tables and percentages. Study findings revealed that in addition to physical
torture/battery, women in Ebonyi state rural communities were subjected to economic neglect,
psychological/emotional distress, spiritual abuse, social degradation and others. 30.6% of
respondents expressed the widespread socio-cultural belief in the area that women are
holistically subordinate and property of the husband as it constitutes an abomination to take a
husband to the police for his actions. Consequent to this, chronic injuries or untimely death of
mothers and behavioural problems of children which all culminates in marring the pride of
family in Africa become inevitable. Nevertheless, the study made some recommendations which if
implemented will go a long way in reinventing Nigeria as the stability of a nations starts from
the family.
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Violence, domestic violence, women, rural, rural community