• Gender Based Violence is any act that results in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life perpetrated against a person based on socially-ascribed (gender) differences between males and females.
  • Violence is a common method used to dominate management of power relations.
  • GVRC has supported over 65,000 survivors since inception in 2001.
  • An estimate of 3,000 survivors of GBV report at GVRC-NWH every year.
  • The percentage of women who experienced physical violence declined from 20% in 2014 to 16% in 2022. Over the same period, the percentage among men declined slightly from 12% to 10% (KDHS 2022).
  • Experience of violence among women increases with age; 20% of women age 15–19 have experienced physical violence since age 15, as compared with 42% of women age 45–49.
  • Marital status is linked to experiences of violence among women. Women who have ever been married are much more likely to have experienced violence since age 15 than those who have never been married (41% versus 20%).
  • The most commonly reported perpetrator of physical violence among women who have ever been married or ever had an intimate partner was their current husband or intimate partner (54%), followed by a former husband/intimate partner (34%).
  • The most common perpetrators of physical violence among men who have ever been married or ever had an intimate partner were teachers (28%), followed by current wives/intimate partners (20%) and former wives/intimate partners (19%). Twenty-three percent of men who have ever been married or had an intimate partner experienced physical violence at the hands of other persons (KDHS 2022).
  • The most commonly reported perpetrators of sexual violence among women who have ever been married or ever had an intimate partner were current husbands or intimate partners (71%) and former husbands or intimate partners (19%). Similarly, the most commonly reported perpetrators of sexual violence among men who have ever been married or had an intimate partner were current wives or intimate partners (63%) and former wives or intimate partners (32%).
  • The prevalence of FGM declined from 38% in 1998 to 15% in 2022. Since 2014, the percentage of circumcised women who were cut and had flesh removed declined from 87% to 70%, while the percentage of circumcised women sewn closed increased from 9% to 12%.
  • The prevalence of FGM generally increases with age; 9% of women age 15–19 have been circumcised, compared with 23% of women age 45–49.

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