Organizações comunitárias rurais e o ciclo de práticas culturais nocivas contra mulheres e meninas: Explorando a violência de gênero e os potenciais de libertação feminina
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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v15i4.50493Palavras-chave:
Práticas culturais nocivas contra mulheres e meninas, Associações comunitárias de mulheres em áreas rurais, Violência de gênero, Saúde da mulher, Educação de adultos, Desenvolvimento sustentável.Resumo
Práticas culturais prejudiciais contra mulheres e meninas em países em desenvolvimento apresentam certa resistência a muitas estratégias de erradicação por organizações governamentais e não governamentais. Esse desafio tem sido de forma contínua associado a estruturas institucionalizadas invisíveis e à instituição das mulheres nas comunidades rurais. Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar um estudo sobre organizações comunitárias rurais e o ciclo de práticas culturais prejudiciais contra mulheres e meninas. Este estudo foi realizado no sudeste da Nigéria, entre associações de mulheres rurais, utilizando métodos de pesquisa quantitativos e qualitativos. O estudo foi orientado pela teoria da estruturação de Anthony Giddens. A pesquisa envolveu 1098 respondentes para a aplicação de questionários e 44 participantes para Discussão em Grupo Focal e Entrevistas em Profundidade. Os dados foram coletados por meio de questionário elaborado pelo entrevistador e previamente testado, desenvolvido a partir dos elementos da Escala de Normas Sociais e Crenças sobre VBG e da Medição Quantitativa de Normas Sociais de Gênero, bem como do guia de entrevista. Os dados coletados foram analisados usando estatísticas inferenciais e abordagem temática para os dados qualitativos. O estudo encontrou uma correlação negativa entre o engajamento com associações comunitárias e a vulnerabilidade a práticas culturais nocivas contra mulheres e meninas em áreas rurais do sudeste da Nigéria (rho = -0,454, P = 0,000). A vulnerabilidade a práticas culturais nocivas contra mulheres e meninas é prevista por educação, idade, renda média mensal em Naira, residência, casamento precoce e histórico familiar de violência de gênero (R = 0,784 (61,5%), F = 62,791, P = 0,05).
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