Females Psycho-Social Problems with Surviving Sexual Violence in Conflict- Affected Areas: In Case of Shewarobit Town.

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2023-06

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Addis Ababa University

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The purpose of this study was to discover the females psycho-social problems with surviving sexual violence in conflict-affected areas: in case of shareware town. To achieve its objectives, the study used a qualitative research approach to gather, analyses, and interpret data. As a result, the study included 11 sexual violence survivors for an in depth interview. In addition, 3 key informants were used for key informant interviews, 1 from the woreda women and children's affairs, 1 from an NGO social worker, and 1 from the health sector. The study used a phenomenological foundation to reveal whether sexual victim girls experienced sexual violence, and have different meanings towards sexual violence, DSM-5 to understand the specific psycho-social problems stated under the specific objectives. The study also used humanistic theory to understand survivors' feelings, actions, and self-image, following sexual violence, and cognitive theory to understand survivors' thoughts and feelings. The study shows survival females who are violated by sexual assault, are vulnerable to different psycho-social problems. It was also found that because of the violence and the influence of society, survival females are affected by depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, isolation, sleep disturbance, loneliness, hopelessness, suicidal attempts, and other societal and family based problems. The study, on the other hand, found the majority of the study participants did not obtain the psychological, medical, social, and spiritual assistance that they should have received to solve their difficulties. Even victims who received medical assistance could not overcome their problem because they received assistance only once. So government, religious institutions, and communities must provide psychological, social, and spiritual support to survivors. Keywords: Sexual violence, psycho social problems

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