Makinde Olusesan A, Odimegwu Clifford O, Abdulmalik Jibril O, Babalola Stella O, Fawole Olufunmilayo I
Demography and Population Studies Programme, Schools of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Viable Knowledge Masters, Abuja, Nigeria.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2016 Dec;20(4):67-76. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2016/v20i4.7.
In Nigeria, the growth in mobile phone use has provided the opportunity for increased access to the internet, and through this, the social media. The social media in turn offers tremendous communication benefits but also results in some undesirable consequences. One of such is the experience of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Internet searches using Google Search and Google Scholar in addition to information available to the authors from news media is reported in this study. Five cases were selected for reporting. All cases selected had first contact with their perpetrator(s) on Facebook. The perpetrators were usually men, older than the victims (24-34 years for perpetrators compared with 17-25 years for the victims). The victims experienced physical, psychological, sexual and economic violence from their aggressors. One case resulted in the death of the victim, while two required hospitalization following severe trauma. Three of the victims were raped, while rape was attempted for the other two cases. GBV associated with acquaintances made on social media channels is emerging as a new social problem in Nigeria. Interventions to educate female social media users about this potential danger are urgently necessary.
在尼日利亚，手机使用的增长为人们增加互联网接入提供了机会，进而也让人们能够使用社交媒体。社交媒体反过来带来了巨大的交流益处，但也产生了一些不良后果。其中之一就是基于性别的暴力（GBV）经历。本研究报告了使用谷歌搜索和谷歌学术进行的互联网搜索，以及作者从新闻媒体获取的信息。选取了五个案例进行报道。所有被选案例的受害者都是在脸书上首次接触到犯罪者。犯罪者通常是男性，年龄比受害者大（犯罪者年龄在24至34岁之间，而受害者年龄在17至25岁之间）。受害者遭受了来自攻击者的身体、心理、性和经济暴力。一个案例导致受害者死亡，另外两个案例在遭受严重创伤后需要住院治疗。三名受害者遭到强奸，另外两起案件存在强奸未遂情况。在尼日利亚，与在社交媒体渠道上结识的熟人相关的基于性别的暴力正成为一个新的社会问题。迫切需要采取干预措施，让女性社交媒体用户了解这一潜在危险。
