FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

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Ponte Academic JournalSep 2022, Volume 78, Issue 9 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVEAuthor(s): Jacob Tseko Mofokeng ,Kagiso Nicholas TlouJ. Ponte - Sep 2022 - Volume 78 - Issue 9 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2022.9.2 Abstract:South Africa is a deeply violent society and continues to wrestle with the impact of decades of institutionalised racism, sexism, exclusion, structural violence and other factors that have continued to undermine human development and positive social cohesion. Gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) is a phenomenon that drives numerous acts of violence against women, children and homosexuals that are mostly, committed by men at a high rate. These attacks are also prone at the higher education institutions (HEIs) both in South Africa and selected countries. Factors that contribute to GBVF at the HEIs pose a direct threat to the health, safety, and wellbeing of students, this then means that the cases of GBVF pose a threat to the mere existence of HEIs. The consulted literature review highlighted the common factors that contribute to GBVF at HEIs globally. Factors leading to GBVF, its effects on the survivors and methods to eliminate its occurrence were revealed by the analysis. Becoming aware of factors contributing to gender-based violence and strategies to address this scourge can minimise the occurrence of GBVF at HEIs. Understanding the concepts and strategies to prevent the occurrence of GBVF can assist HEIs to minimise these incidences. Recommended ways in which the HEIs community could adequately respond to, these factors suggested to inform policy and practice. Download full text:Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Username Password