Answer to Question #216276 in English for Ntonto

Question

What are the causes of Gender Based Violence?

What are the effects of Gender Based Violence?

How can it be addressed

Answer 1

Causes of Gender Based Violence include;

• Discriminatory social, cultural or religious norms and practices that marginalize girls and women.
• Drug and substance abuse.
• Poverty.
• Lack of adequate and affordable legal advice and representation.
• Socio-economic inequalities.

Effects of Gender Based Violence include;

• Psychological trauma.
• Depression and anxiety.
• Drug and substance abuse
• Increased risk of HIV/ AIDS and STIs infections
• Increased cases of unplanned pregnancies
• Social stigma, rejection and isolation.

Gender Based Violence can be addressed in the following ways;

• Protecting women by improving laws and policies and raising awareness of women's rights.
• Providing redress by strengthening institutional responses to gender based violence
• Putting in place measures that eliminate all beliefs, norms and practices that discriminate against women or sanction violence and abuse.
• Investigate all cases of gender based violence and punish those responsible while providing adequate care and protection to the victims and survivors.