Essays about: "Violence against children"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 41 essays containing the words Violence against children.

  1. 6. The association between maternal experience of lifetime intimate partner violence and symptoms of common illnesses among under five-year-old children – A cross-sectional study of the 2019-20 Rwanda’s Demographic Health Survey

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

    Author : Christa Erkkilä; [2022]
    Keywords : Intimate partner violence; Physical violence; Sexual violence; Psychological violence; Symptoms of common illnesses; Under-5 child; Rwanda’s Demographic Health Survey;

    Abstract : Background Under five years of age child mortality rates and the violence against women are prevalent in Rwanda. The violence is known to negatively affect the women’s and their children’s health. READ MORE

  3. 7. The role of sociocultural factors in the continuation of Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Amal Ali; [2022]
    Keywords : female genital mutilation; FGM C; Nigeria; mothers attitudes; marriageability; education; religion; social influence; sociocultural; theory of planned behavior; daughters;

    Abstract : Despite many international and local attempts to end the practice of FGM/C, this practice continues to flourish in Nigeria and thus has a negative impact on the lives of girls and women on a daily basis. Furthermore, female genital mutilation is a serious form of violence against girls, women, and children that must be abolished worldwide. READ MORE

  4. 8. Why might the published data on sexual assault against children not be reflecting the reality of lived experiences? : On the example of a community in Western Kenya.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Centrum för genusforskning (from 2013)

    Author : Marta Murawska; [2022]
    Keywords : Western Kenya; decolonial feminism; gender-based violence; sexual education; child abuse.;

    Abstract : In my essay, I have considered whether the data in publications on sexual violence against children reflectreality. I suspect that there are cases of child sexual abuse that goes underreported, and I try to investigate why this happens and the key possible reasons that lower the statistics. READ MORE

  5. 9. Determinants of the use of violence against children: Evidence from Peru

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Rosita Hortencia Espinoza Dios; [2022]
    Keywords : Children; Violence; Childrearing patterns; Socioeconomic determinants; Peru; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research carried out an assessment on the socioeconomic factors related to the use of violence (psychological aggression and physical assault) against children within the family context, and the extent to which childrearing patterns can be transmitted across generations. The sample under study consisted of 13,205 observations from mothers in all regions of Peru and their children aged 1 to 5 years old. READ MORE

  6. 10. Socializing Children to be Killers : How child soldiering affects violence against civilians where civilian support is low: Sierra Leone, Algeria, and Myanmar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Olga Krakhmaleva; [2022]
    Keywords : One sided violence; violence against civilians; child soldiers; socialization; armed groups;

    Abstract : The issue of child soldiering continues to be a significant part of armed conflicts. The research on children in conflict has not fully been able to understand how children not only experience but also actively participate in war. READ MORE