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Submission Number: 12
Submission ID: 12
Submission UUID: 85d33e09-b0a4-43c6-ab35-ec30739978ac
Submission URI: /2023/abstracts
Created: Wed, 05/10/2023 - 11:53
Completed: Wed, 05/10/2023 - 12:01
Changed: Thu, 06/01/2023 - 07:47
Remote IP address: 197.184.169.177
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Ms.
Muruzi
Yeukai
University of Pretoria
Yeukai Muruzi is a PhD social work student in the Department of Social Work and Criminology at the University of Pretoria. She earned a master’s degree from the same university, where she conducted a research study on gender-based violence among women with physical impairments in Tshwane Metro, Pretoria. Her research interests are in gender-based violence, disabilities and women empowerment. Yeukai has published two articles in internationally accredited journals and currently working on a systematic review paper to be published. She also has practice experience in the fields of homelessness, substance abuse and harm reduction, community engagement and social work supervision.
Yes
Prof.
Gutura
Priscilla
University of Pretoria
Prof Priscilla Gutura is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Criminology at University of Pretoria. She holds a PhD in Social Work from the University of Fort Hare. Her research interests include social protection and gender equality. Her work centres on empowering vulnerable members of the society, in particular women and children, including fighting against gender-based violence. She has published over thirty articles in local and international journals and has contributed two chapters to a book. She has also supervised several PhD and master’s students. She received a Y2 rating from the National Research Foundation in 2020.
No
Abstract
Gender-based violence experiences among women living with physical impairments: Towards integration of services to meet the needs of vulnerable women
THEME 3: Strategies toward the normative development of society
SUB 3.1 Promoting egalitarianism in intimate and other relationships as responses to Gender-based violence and femicide
Oral Presentation
This study was a qualitative inquiry which sought to explore and describe gender-based violence encountered by women living with physical impairments in Tshwane Metro, Pretoria. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve women and the findings revealed that they experienced physical, emotional, sexual, financial and structural violence. Certain risk factors increased the likelihood of the participants’ victimisation and these included stereotypes associated with physical impairments and non-disclosure of the violence experienced. The participants however adopted protective factors to prevent further violence and these included seeking professional help, disclosing violence to informal and formal sources of help and adopting self-acceptance to one’s condition. It was concluded that gender-based violence among women living with physical disabilities is a rarely known reality, tangled with the intersection of disability and gender. The matter calls for social workers’ multi-disciplinary collaborations in gender-based violence initiatives to protect this forgotten cohort at risk.
Key words: gender-based violence, experiences, women, physical disabilities.
Key words: gender-based violence, experiences, women, physical disabilities.
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Peggie
Chiwara
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Masenyani
Manganyi
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
