1 Deputy Dean, Kwame Nkrumah University, Kabwe, Zambia.
2 School of education, Kwame Nkrumah university Kabwe, Zambia.
3 Lecturer, School of education, Kwame Nkrumah university, kabwe Zambia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(01), 1464-1477
Received on 14 June 2023; revised on 20 July 2023; accepted on 22 July 2023
This study sought to investigate the Drivers of Gender Based Violence amongst students in higher learning institutions in Zambia. The study used a descriptive case study design and data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. Simple random sampling procedure was used to target 62 participants and purposive sampling was used to collect data from 2 university staff and 1 District GBV officer. Data was collected and analyzed using themes that emerged from the literature review and objectives of the study. The main findings of the study were that the prevalent levels of Gender Based Violence amongst students in higher learning institutions were ignorance about Gender Based Violence as most students have little or no understanding on what constitutes GBV and the few who understood could not take action because of not knowing where to go. Furthermore, the findings revealed that Alcohol and Drug abuse amongst students was largely responsible for GBV, peer pressure and the environment created by the institutions. High learning institutions should take a deliberate policy to foster equality and protect every student in the institution. Further, the institutions should engage the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) for sensitization programs and also promote student activism. There is need for university management to review the policies to protect every student from abuse by both students and lectures
Gender based Violence; Sexuality; Victims; Higher Institutions of Learning
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Samakao Misheck, Eugene Chali and Rosemary Mulenga. Drivers of gender-based violence amongst the students in higher learning institutions: A case of Kwame Nkrumah university. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(1), 1464-1477. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.1.1479