Intimate Partner Violence in Arada Sub-City, Woreda 3 of Addis Ababa and Institutional Response
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2017-05
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective of this study was to explore the prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in Arada Sub-City, Woreda 3 of Addis Ababa City Administration and institutional response to the problem. The study involved both quantitative and qualitative methods. Respondents for quantitative data were randomly selected while participants for qualitative study were selected through purposive sampling. A total of 154 respondents (all female) were selected to fill in a close ended questionnaire with a non-response rate of 2% and 18 people are involved on the in-depth interview and focused group discussion. The study has found high prevalence of intimate partner violence in the target area. Emotional violence is the most prevalent form of intimate partner violence followed by economic violence, physical violence and sexual violence (70%, 66%, 58%, 42%) respectively. While there is statistically moderate level of positive significance between educational level of respondents and their experience of economic violence, there exist a very weak positive relationship between monthly income of families and their experience of Violence against Women. There is statistically positive significant relationship between Income earned by women and experience of intimate partner violence. The study has found insignificant correlation for age and educational level of intimate partners. Institutional response to VAW is found to be ineffective due to lack of evidences, government regulations, lack of coordination and organizational capacity. The research concluded high rate of prevalence of intimate partner violence and indicated policy and practice implications for social work.
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explore the prevalence, of Intimate Partner Violence in Arada