Question

State four Reasons why of gender based violence in communities continue despite various campaign to discourage it

Answer 1

Answer:

HARMFUL GENDER NORMS

Gender stereotypes and are often used to justify violence against women. Cultural norms often dictate that men are aggressive, controlling, and dominant, while women are docile, subservient, and rely on men as providers. These norms can foster a culture of abuse outright, such as early and forced marriage or female genital mutilation, the latter spurred by outdated and harmful notions of female sexuality and virginity.

Ibrahim in his home.

Ibrahim seated in his home, recounting the stresses of being a refugee.

These norms can also cause violence when the are challenged. Ibrahim*, was a gentle poetry-loving teacher when he married Khadija* and they began a family. But after the Syrian war left him a refugee with no job, a sense of worthlessness, and responsibility for his wife, their 7 children and his mother, the gentleness fled and he began to beat his wife.

Of the 5.6 million people who have fled Syria to live in neighboring countries, 4 out of 5 are women and children. Surveys show that refugee men, who feel it is their duty to support their families, but can’t find the means, often resort to gender-based violence.

What’s being done

In Lebanon, Concern Worldwide developed Protection Program, which is based on the belief that helping men recognize their own traumatization is key to improving the lives of women and children refugees.

Syrian refugees take part in a meeting to discuss their issues of helplessness and how to cope.

“Perpetrators are largely victims of their circumstances and they need support to change,” said Protection Program Director Samantha Hutt, who designed the project. “The other aspect of protection programming I am really passionate about is empowering people to be the authors of their own life, whether they be children, people with disabilities, or people living in tents.”