Researching Sexual Violence with Girls in Rural South Africa

Moletsane, Relebohile; Mitchell, Claudia

doi:10.1002/9781118966709.ch21

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“…IPSV remains a taboo topic in many African contexts. As a result, few survivors feel comfortable to report it in surveys [50]. With regards to IPV in urban SSA, Comorian women were safest while women in DRC were the least unsafe.…”

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Correlates of intimate partner violence among urban women in sub-Saharan Africa

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Discussion and conclusion By 2030, the majority of SSA women will be urban dwellers. Complexities surround IPV in urban SSA, highlighting the unique dynamics of the problem in this setting. While affirming the link between IPV and marital power inequities and dynamics, findings suggest that the specific correlates of prevalence rates for different IPV sub-types in urban SSA women can, at once, be both similar and unique. The contextual drivers of the differences and similarities in the correlates of the prevalence rates of IPV sub-types among the region's urban women need further interrogation.

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Correlates of intimate partner violence among urban women in sub-Saharan Africa

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“…This is due to the fact that in many African communities, sexual violence remains a sensitive topic to be discussed which is seen as a taboo for women to talk about it with their husband in some cultures. This, however, makes victims of sexual violence feel uncomfortable to report it in studies [ 36 ]. Therefore, studies on association between sexual autonomy and IPV need to be interpreted with caution.…”

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Intimate partner violence against married and cohabiting women in sub-Saharan Africa: does sexual autonomy matter?

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Background Literature shows that women’s sexual autonomy, which refers to women’s capacity to refuse sex and ask a partner to use condom, has significant implications on the sexual and reproductive health outcomes and sexual-and-gender based violence. Nevertheless, there is scarcity of empirical evidence to support the association between women’s sexual autonomy and intimate partner violence (IPV) in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods Data for the study were extracted from the recent Demographic and Health Surveys in 24 countries in sub-Saharan Africa between 2010 and 2019. Bivariable and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the association between sexual autonomy and IPV in all the studied countries. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results The pooled prevalence of IPV and sexual autonomy in the 24 countries were 38.5% and 73.0% respectively. Overall, the odds of exposure to IPV were higher among women with sexual autonomy, compared to those without sexual autonomy even after controlling for covariates (age, level of education, marital status, current working status, place of residence, wealth quintile and media exposure). At the country-level, women from Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Cote d’lvoire, Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Kenya, Comoros, Zambia, and South Africa who had sexual autonomy were more likely to experience IPV whilst those in Burundi were less likely to experience IPV. The study showed that sexual autonomy increases women’s exposure to IPV and this occurred in many countries except Burundi where women with sexual autonomy were less likely to experience IPV. Conclusion The findings highlight the need for serious programs and policies to fight against IPV in the sub-region. Additionally, laws need to be passed and implemented, with law enforcement agencies provided with the necessary resources to reduce intimate partner violence among women with sexual autonomy.

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“…One critical feature of the work has been the idea of what is described as 'from the ground up' policymaking and the ways in which both the screening or exhibiting of images and follow up activities such as producing policy posters and action briefs have been used to reach communities and policymakers (see Mitchell et al, 2017Mitchell et al, , 2021Yamile, 2021). At the same time, as has been highlighted in several of the publications coming out of the project (Moletsane, 2018;Moletsane & Mitchell, 2018), ethical concerns have been critical. This has been both in relation to the doing (how best to ensure ethical engagement in addressing sensitive issues?)…”

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“…The context of girls' ownership of visual productions related to gender-based violence in South Africa has particular significance in a country that has one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world with adolescent girls between the ages of 12 and 17 particularly at risk. As Moletsane et al (2015) highlight, there is a consistent (and unrelenting) possibility of sexual violence that runs counter to girls' safety and security in schools and communities, and to their reproductive health, particularly in the context of HIV and AIDS. Speaking of the dual burden of gender-based violence and HIV in adolescent girls and young women, Abdool Karim and Baxter (2016) argue that 'young women aged 15-24 years, who have the least power in society, bear an enormous burden of both intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV' (p. 1151).…”

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On the Ethics of Getting the Word Out: Rural Girls Reflect on Ownership in Participatory Visual Research in Rural South Africa

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Yamile

D'Amico

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Despite the growing body of literature dedicated to ethical and methodological issues related to youth engagement and youth participation in arts-based research, the ethics of ownership in relation to the production and sharing of visual artefacts remains an understudied area. This work is particularly critical in the context of war-affected youth, and youth addressing issues of gender-based violence in their lives. Drawing on the voices and perspectives of a group of girls and young women affected by sexual violence in rural South Africa, we explore their views on the idea of ownership of the visual productions (videos, photos, policy briefs) created in an arts-based research project. As we highlight in the article, ownership is a complex ethical issue, and one that cuts across a range of concerns including consent, rights and personal engagement.

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Researching Sexual Violence with Girls in Rural South Africa

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Correlates of intimate partner violence among urban women in sub-Saharan Africa

Correlates of intimate partner violence among urban women in sub-Saharan Africa

Intimate partner violence against married and cohabiting women in sub-Saharan Africa: does sexual autonomy matter?

On the Ethics of Getting the Word Out: Rural Girls Reflect on Ownership in Participatory Visual Research in Rural South Africa

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