“Gender-based violence (GBV) is violence that is directed against a person on the basis of gender. It constitutes a breach of the fundamental right to life, liberty, security, dignity, equality between women and men, non-discrimination and physical and mental integrity.”
“GBV in conflict and post-conflict areas can take many forms including rape, slavery, forced impregnation/miscarriages, kidnapping/trafficking, forced nudity, and disease transmission, with rape and sexual abuse being among the most common.”
When there is conflict in a particular place, there is violence that the people experience, particularly women and children. Below is a discussion of the circumstances that have brought violence to women in Kenya.
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One of the newspapers of daily circulation ran a story regarding the negative impact of domestic violence on the psychology of children. The writer of the article used the story of a young man named Vincent, who was just about to marry when he told his fiancée a secret he had kept for two decades since he was eight years old. His father had come home in a foul mood, afer Vincent, his mother and two siblings had had an early supper. He did not greet anyone, but he dragged Vincent's mother by the collar from where she was helping her children with homework to the bedroom. It was the painful scream of Vincent’s mother that forced him, being the eldest, to try and save their mother. However, the door was locked. His father, moments later, opened the door with his shirt and trousers covered in blood. He held a sword that was bloody. Vincent and his siblings ran to their mother's side moments after their father had disappeared into the darkness. They ran out screaming, alerting their neighbours. After the burial of their mother, no one wanted to be near them, and no one thought that they would require a counsellor to help them deal with their situation. No child wanted to play with them, and any child who tried to befriend them was admonished by their parents. Vincent and his siblings sought solace in books, and they excelled. Vincent is currently a medical doctor, his brother a lawyer and his sister a financial expert. Their father has been serving a life sentence. Vincent's fiancée left him when she was told this story. This rejection only served to revive the pain he had been hiding most of his life. He says that his life as well as that of his siblings is relatively normal on the outside but inside is a different story. He goes on to add that if nothing is done to help child victims of violence deal with
“GBV in conflict and post-conflict areas can take many forms including rape, slavery, forced impregnation/miscarriages, kidnapping/trafficking, forced nudity, and disease transmission, with rape and sexual abuse being among the most common.”
When there is conflict in a particular place, there is violence that the people experience, particularly women and children. Below is a discussion of the circumstances that have brought violence to women in Kenya.
Human Rights abuses …show more content…
One of the newspapers of daily circulation ran a story regarding the negative impact of domestic violence on the psychology of children. The writer of the article used the story of a young man named Vincent, who was just about to marry when he told his fiancée a secret he had kept for two decades since he was eight years old. His father had come home in a foul mood, afer Vincent, his mother and two siblings had had an early supper. He did not greet anyone, but he dragged Vincent's mother by the collar from where she was helping her children with homework to the bedroom. It was the painful scream of Vincent’s mother that forced him, being the eldest, to try and save their mother. However, the door was locked. His father, moments later, opened the door with his shirt and trousers covered in blood. He held a sword that was bloody. Vincent and his siblings ran to their mother's side moments after their father had disappeared into the darkness. They ran out screaming, alerting their neighbours. After the burial of their mother, no one wanted to be near them, and no one thought that they would require a counsellor to help them deal with their situation. No child wanted to play with them, and any child who tried to befriend them was admonished by their parents. Vincent and his siblings sought solace in books, and they excelled. Vincent is currently a medical doctor, his brother a lawyer and his sister a financial expert. Their father has been serving a life sentence. Vincent's fiancée left him when she was told this story. This rejection only served to revive the pain he had been hiding most of his life. He says that his life as well as that of his siblings is relatively normal on the outside but inside is a different story. He goes on to add that if nothing is done to help child victims of violence deal with