Developing a Gendered Participatory Prevention Counselling Approach for Gender Based Violence among Soldiers Families in Eastern, Zambia
John Mwitumwa Matakala1, Margaret Milochi Nzima1, Ivy Nawa Akabondo1, Mubiana Macwan'gi1, Anne-Namakando Phiri1
Citation : John Mwitumwa Matakala,et.al, Developing a Gendered Participatory Prevention Counselling Approach for Gender Based Violence among Soldiers Families in Eastern, Zambia International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education 2018, 5(9) : 68-84
The aim of the thesis was to develop a Gendered Participatory Prevention Counselling Approach for Gender Based Violence among Soldiers families through social action. The study was grounded on the Interprativist Emancipation Phenomenology study design. Purposive and respondent driven sampling were used to come up with the desired sample size of the study and the resultant data were collected in two phases. The first phase came up with responses to the first three prerequisite standardized knowledge or questions on the problem as a requirement and phase two came up with the new innovation based on a selected gendered group of victims which resulted into a localized counselling prevention gender based violence model as the research output. Data collection was collected using both in-depth and focus group discussions interviews. The findings were thermatized chronologically in line with research questions before action by selected victims. The findings on the gaps in programs of counselling prevention of gender based violence showed none was there, but just a gender desk in its infancy at Army Headquarters. The findings on the contributing factors show lack of knowledge on sexual harassment. The findings of the characteristics for both male and female victims were seen through abuse of authority. The findings on the types of sexual harassment for the victims were verbal and non-verbal harassment for the females while verbal harassment was established from the males. As per requirement, the researcher provided an action agenda for change in form of a question, which was used with a selected gendered focus group team of victims who developed Quadruple Participatory Prevention Counselling Model for Gender Based Violence among Soldiers families. The findings showed that if sexual harassment was not put on check it would affect the gendered input of the victims at work. It is against this background a more practical and workable solution based on victims input has been adopted for implementation by military authorities.