The Impact of Gender based Violence on Women and Girls in Liberia's Post War Peace and Development.Case of West Point (2020-2023)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of gender based violence on women and girls in Liberia’s post war peace and development, a case study: West point, period 2020-2023. The objective of the study is to assess the causes forms and drivers of GBV experiences by women and girls in post war Liberia in west point area, to determine the impact of gender based violence on women and girls in Liberia’s post war peace and development, to point out existing challenges by gender based violence on women and girls in Liberia’s post war and propose recommendations. This study is subdivide by four different chapters, chapter one is general introduction, it contains the background of the study, objective of the study, scope of the study, and organization of the study, chapter two deal with the literature review, it contains definition of key concept, theories of relate to the study, and conceptual framework. Chapter three is research methodology contains the techniques of data collection and method of data analysis. Chapter four is presentation of findings and interpretation, this study end by general conclusion and suggestions. Chapter one is general introduction presents the background to the study, statement of the problem, general and specific objectives, and research questions, significance of the study, scope of the study and end by organization of the study. chapter two is literature review provide a description of key concepts, it point out the view of existing issues that have been explored and studied by different authors about the topic, it is basically related to the views extracted from books, internet, and the dissertation and tables written on the impact of gender based violence on women and girls in Liberia’s post war peace and development. Table 4.4 displays the respondent's perspective on the types of gender-based violence that your organization typically handles. The survey results indicated that 7% of respondents had experienced rape, 8.8% had experienced domestic violence, 8.8% had experienced ongoing non-support, 15.8% had experienced sexual assault, 17.5% had experienced psychological abuse, 12.3% had experienced child trafficking, and 8.8% had experienced economic violence. With data collected from the there are different form of GBV in Liberia communities. Based on the finding the researcher would suggest that the Liberia especially west point could establish the followings issues that help to decrease the cases Gender based violence, to increase the level of punishment, to train the local leader and populations for fight against Violence and respect constitutional regarding violence against women and girls.