AFRO-NETS> Zimbabwean women believe wife beating is OK (4)

[Jennifer Wagman <jwagman@infocom.co.ug>]

Zimbabwean women believe wife beating is OK (4)
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Dear all,
 
Such findings are not limited to Zimbabwe.
 
Research done by investigators at the Rakai Project in rural Uganda 
indicates that similar attitudes are prevalent in our study popula-
tion. In a survey of 5,109 women of reproductive age and a corre-
sponding sample of 3,881 men aged 15­59 years (who were married or in 
active partnerships at the time of interview), it was found that most 
respondents ­ 70% of men and 90% of women ­ viewed beating of the 
wife or female partner as justifiable in some circumstances, posing a 
central challenge to preventing violence in such settings.
 
See: 
Koenig MA, et al. (2003) Domestic violence in rural Uganda: evidence 
from a community-based study. Bulletin of the World Health Organiza-
tion, 81 (1). 
http://www.who.int/docstore/bulletin/pdf/2003/bul-1-E-2003/81(1)53-60.pdf
 
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Jennifer Wagman
Columbia University / Rakai Project
Uganda Virus Research Institute
Kalisizo, Rakai District, Uganda
mailto:jwagman@infocom.co.ug

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