Understanding Women’s Help-Seeking With Intimate Partner Violence in Tanzania

Mahenge, Bathsheba; Stöckl, Heidi

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“…However, individual-level variables capturing demographics or empowerment are not predictive of help-seeking behavior in some contexts (Linos et al, 2014; Mahenge & Stöckl, 2020; Rowan et al, 2018; Spencer et al, 2014). The latter pattern is more consistent with our findings in this paper.…”

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“…The latter pattern is more consistent with our findings in this paper. Other variables (particularly violence severity) are also identified as major predictors of willingness to disclose and/or seek help following IPV (Leonardsson & San Sebastian, 2017; Mahenge & Stöckl, 2020; Maticka-Tyndale et al, 2020; Parvin et al, 2016; Rowan et al, 2018; Spencer et al, 2014; Tenkorang et al, 2017).…”

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Predictors of Discordance and Concordance in Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence From a Large Sample of Rural Ethiopian Couples

Leight

Deyessa

Sharma

2022

J Interpers Violence

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major worldwide health challenge, and addressing this challenge requires high-quality data. This analysis uses a large-scale survey of 5033 households in rural Ethiopia in which both men and women were surveyed about past-year IPV in order to quantify the degree of discordance, including both husband only reporting and wife only reporting, for multiple forms of IPV (emotional, physical, and sexual). In addition, logistic regression is employed to analyze the effects of demographic characteristics and individual norms and behaviors on the probability of discordant reporting. The results suggest that almost half of households (44%) are characterized by discordant reporting in at least one dimension of IPV. Given the high level of discordance, 61.4% of households report any physical and/or sexual IPV using the household-level measure, compared to a rate of 41.9% from the women’s data only. In addition, men who report more gender-equitable attitudes and behaviors (failing to concur with justifications for IPV, reporting higher support for gender equitable norms, and reporting a higher level of female engagement in decision-making and intrahousehold task-sharing) are more likely to be members of wife only reporting households: that is, they are less likely to report perpetration of IPV. Women who report more gender-equitable attitudes and behaviors, by contrast, are more likely to be members of husband only reporting households.

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Predictors of Discordance and Concordance in Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence From a Large Sample of Rural Ethiopian Couples

Leight

Deyessa

Sharma

2022

J Interpers Violence

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“…For instance, when asked of their reactions to a woman turning down their sexual advances, many portrayed themselves as being very supportive of their partners by accepting their denial and letting her be, persuading a partner for sex with romantic words, consulting doctors for their wife’s check-up or advise, and seeking help from parents, religious or local leaders. When men mentioned forced sex or rape as responses towards a woman’s sexual denial, the participants always referred to other men in the community, and none of them admitted to have ever coerced a partner to acquiesce unwanted sex—claims that are contradicted by the majority of the women in other studies in Mwanza (Kapiga et al, 2017; Mahenge & Stöckl, 2021; Mchome et al, 2020) and in other settings in Tanzania (Mwanukuzi & Nyamhanga, 2021). Participants’ tendency to misrepresent their sexual behavior could be because the men suspected that in relation to contemporary gendered discourses that emphasize equality, these behaviors would be interpreted negatively by the researcher.…”

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Men’s Narratives of Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in Urban Mwanza, Northwestern Tanzania

Mchome,

Mshana,

Malibwa

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Engaging men has been established as central in addressing intimate partner violence. Yet few studies on intimate partner violence explored men’s perspectives on what constitutes sexual violence in relationships only. To explore how men conceptualize sexual violence, we engaged a qualitative approach to unpack men’s narratives of sexual IPV. The study was conducted in Mwanza, Tanzania using in-depth interviews with 30 married men. Men shared a broad spectrum of unacceptable behaviors that clearly or potentially connote sexual violence. Some of the acts were deemed to constitute sexual violence when directed to both men and women, while some were perceived as sexual violence when directed to women or men only. Threatened manhood underpinned men’s conceptualization of sexual violence against them by their partners. Although a large part of men’s narratives of sexual violence towards women seemed to challenge the common sexual scripts existing in patriarchal societies, some of their accounts indicated the persistence of traditional presumptions of masculine sexual entitlement. Our findings uncover additional dimensions of sexual violence that go beyond what is included in the current global frameworks, underscoring the critical need of giving people a voice in their local contexts in defining what sexual intimate partner violence entails for them. This may increase the likelihood of interventions becoming more acceptable and effective when targeting sexual violence, thereby contributing to reduced levels of sexual intimate partner violence.

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“…Other literature indicates that experience of IPV can precipitate travel, e.g. to return to a family home or village of origin to seek assistance from their families, or because their violent partner made them leave [ 20 , 21 ]. Alternatively, or as well, IPV has been linked to short term migration and a loss of social networks or accusations of multiple partners [ 22 ].…”

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Associated Factors in HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Communities in Zambia and South Africa—A Comparison by HIV Status

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The HPTN 071(PopART) study was a community-randomised trial in Zambia and South Africa, examining the impact of combination-prevention including universal testing and treatment (UTT), on HIV-incidence. This sub-study evaluated factors associated with IPV (physical and/or sexual) to identify differences by HIV status. During 2015–16, a random subset of adults who participated in the first year of the PopART intervention were recruited and standardised questionnaires were administered. Logistic regression was performed to estimate odds ratios of factors associated with IPV. Among > 700 women studied (300 HIV-negative;400 HIV-positive), ~ 20% reported experiencing physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12-months. Sexual violence was similar by HIV status, but physical violence and reporting both physical/sexual violence was more common among HIV-positive women. Spending nights away from the community in the last 12-months was associated with higher odds of IPV among both HIV-negative (aOR 3.17, 95% CI 1.02–9.81) and HIV-positive women (aOR 1.79, 95% CI 0.99–3.24). Among HIV-positive women, financial autonomy was associated with reduced IPV (aOR:0.41,95%CI:0.23-0.75) while pregnancy in the last 12-months (aOR 2.25, 95% CI 1.07–4.74), risk of alcohol dependence (aOR 2.75, 95% CI 1.51–5.00) and risk of mental distress (aOR 2.62, 95% CI 1.33–5.16) were associated with increased IPV. Among HIV-negative women reporting sex in the last 12-months, transactional sex (aOR 3.97, 95% CI 1.02–15.37) and not knowing partner’s HIV status (aOR 3.01, 95% CI 1.24–7.29) were associated with IPV. IPV was commonly reported in the study population and factors associated with IPV differed by HIV status. The association of mobility with IPV warrants further research. The high prevalence of harmful alcohol use and mental distress, and their association with IPV among HIV-positive women require urgent attention.

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Understanding Women’s Help-Seeking With Intimate Partner Violence in Tanzania

Cited by 12 publications

References 25 publications

Predictors of Discordance and Concordance in Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence From a Large Sample of Rural Ethiopian Couples

Predictors of Discordance and Concordance in Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence From a Large Sample of Rural Ethiopian Couples

Men’s Narratives of Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in Urban Mwanza, Northwestern Tanzania

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Associated Factors in HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Communities in Zambia and South Africa—A Comparison by HIV Status

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