Prevalence and patterns of gender-based violence across adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorBhattacharjee, Parinita
dc.contributor.authorMa, Huiting
dc.contributor.authorMusyoki, Helgar
dc.contributor.authorCheuk, Eve
dc.contributor.authorIsac, Shajy
dc.contributor.authorNjiraini, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorGichangi, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMishra, Sharmistha
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Marissa
dc.contributor.authorPickles, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-01T04:34:28Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-12
dc.date.updated2020-11-01T04:34:29Z
dc.description.abstractAbstract Background We sought to estimate the prevalence and describe heterogeneity in experiences of gender-based violence (GBV) across subgroups of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). Methods We used data from a cross-sectional bio-behavioural survey among 1299 AGYW aged 14–24 in Mombasa, Kenya in 2015. Respondents were recruited from hotspots associated with sex work, and self-selected into one of three subgroups: young women engaged in casual sex (YCS), young women engaged in transactional sex (YTS), and young women engaged in sex work (YSW). We compared overall and across subgroups: prevalence of lifetime and recent (within previous year) self-reported experience of physical, sexual, and police violence; patterns and perpetrators of first and most recent episode of physical and sexual violence; and factors associated with physical and sexual violence. Results The prevalences of lifetime and recent physical violence were 18.0 and 10.7% respectively. Lifetime and recent sexual violence respectively were reported by 20.5 and 9.8% of respondents. Prevalence of lifetime and recent experience of police violence were 34.7 and 25.8% respectively. All forms of violence were most frequently reported by YSW, followed by YTS and then YCS. 62%/81% of respondents reported having sex during the first episode of physical/sexual violence, and 48%/62% of those sex acts at first episode of physical/sexual violence were condomless. In the most recent episode of violence when sex took place levels of condom use remained low at 53–61%. The main perpetrators of violence were intimate partners for YCS, and both intimate partners and regular non-client partners for YTS. For YSW, first-time and regular paying clients were the main perpetrators of physical and sexual violence. Alcohol use, ever being pregnant and regular source of income were associated with physical and sexual violence though it differed by subgroup and type of violence. Conclusions AGYW in these settings experience high vulnerability to physical, sexual and police violence. However, AGYW are not a homogeneous group, and there are heterogeneities in prevalence and predictors of violence between subgroups of AGYW that need to be understood to design effective programmes to address violence.
dc.identifier.citationBMC Women's Health. 2020 Oct 12;20(1):229
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-01081-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/35126
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)
dc.titlePrevalence and patterns of gender-based violence across adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya
dc.typeJournal Article
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