Women Awareness about Violence against Women in Jabal Awliya Locality at Khartoum State, Sudan 2021

الملخص

Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence
(SGBV) are violent acts primarily or exclusively committed against women or
girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime because they are
female, and can take many forms. The aim of study to assess women knowledge
regarding violence against women. This was a descriptive, cross sectional
community-based study done in locality of Jabal Awliya from September 2020
to January 2021. The study sample composed of 180 women selected by simple
random technique. The data was collected by using questionnaire and analyzed
by statistical package of social science (SPSS) version23. The study revealed
that women knowledge regarding violence is very high (91.1%). Less than one
third (30.6%) of women experience violence, the study showed women knows
physical and social violence (84.4, 81. 7%) while more than two fifth (43,6%) of
women experience violence at the community. Majority of women consider lack
of commitment to religious values among men and Silence about their rights
(92.2.82.2%) were the main causes of violence. Less than two fifth (36.1%) of
women mentioned that rape as type of sexual violence and more than two fifth
(46%) of women experience society violence as (a double violence). The study
concluded that majority of women had good knowledge about all types of violence, and they experience violence at home. The study recommended that
the appropriate way to prevent violence against women by increase awareness
and educating the community about this issue through the media and social
networking.