Abstract:
Gender based violence is a problem and caused by many factors, the aim of this study is to
analyze the effects of gender based violence on the social wellbeing of women in Rwanda, a case
study: Gisozi sector, period: 2020-15 th July 2024. The objective of the study is to determine the
causes of gender based violence in Gisozi Sector, to analyze the effects of gender based violence
on the social wellbeing of women in Gisozi Sector, to establish different strategies that can be
implemented by Rwanda government in order to overcome those challenges.This study
subdivided 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 deals with the literature review, it contains definition of key concepts, theoretical
review related to the study, and conceptual framework, chapter three research methodologies
contain research design of the study, population of the study, 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 two is literature review which 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, the dissertation and tables
written on the effects of gender based violence on the social wellbeing of women in Rwanda.
Chapter three is research methodology, systematic way to solve a problem, it is a science of
studying how research is to be carried out, essentially the procedures by which researchers go
about their work of describing, explaining and predicting phenomena are called research
methodology. It is also defined as the study of methods by which knowledge is gained. Its aim is
to give the work plan of research. chapter four is presentation of data findings, data analysis and
interpretation from the field in related to effects of gender based violence on the social wellbeing
of women in Rwanda, a case study: Gisozi sector, period: 2020- 2024, in this study the
researcher analyze the first hypothesis and second hypothesis, in this chapter the researcher also
analyze the primary data and ended by general conclusion. Based on the findings the researcher
would suggest that Gisozi sector could establish the following issues that help to decrease
gender based violence cases: continue training for local government employees in all GBV
impact.
