Violence Against Females

Violence Against Female Gender.




Africa has a long standing tradition of incredibly unequal power between men and women. This has led to an extremely high rate of violence against women.
Rape is a powerful tool in violence against women. The unstable political climate in many African countries plus other factors like violent cultures of tribalism had led to a high number of conflicts and wars. During these conflicts it is not uncommon for rape to be used as a "weapon of war".

Girls are further subjected to violence by the act of female genial mutilation.
Violence against women begins in childhood. African families show an obvious preference for sons over daughters. African society views sons as a credit to their family, while families that have only daughters are stigmatized.
In ancient Medieval times women were perceived as a natural reservoir for reproduction. Up to 17th Century women were not given access to medical
institutions to become doctors.

Children are the most vulnerable members of society that are exposed to the threats of physical, emotional abuses, domestic violence, environmental health hazards, civil wars, preventable accidents, preventable spread of communicable diseases and etc.
An adult's evolutionary instinct to protect his offspring spans across all primates. This congenital instinct ca be altered and influenced by the presence of above mentioned factors.

Mohamed Buwe Osman, MD
Physician & Artist

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