Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Department of Sociology, 98997Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada.
Violence Against Women. 2022 Dec;28(15-16):3844-3864. doi: 10.1177/10778012211060861. Epub 2021 Dec 13.
While sexual violence against women has gained attention in sub-Saharan Africa, research examining help-seeking remains limited. Scholarship on barriers to help-seeking among sexually abused married or cohabiting women is particularly lacking. We used the barriers model and held 15 in-depth interviews with sexually abused Ghanaian married or cohabiting women to examine help-seeking behaviors. Participants identified multiple barriers to help-seeking, including financial difficulties, lack of social support, and stigma. The results corroborate the barriers model's formulation of the challenges faced by female survivors in reporting violence. They indicate the need to improve laws to promote help-seeking among women with experiences of sexual violence.
尽管性暴力侵害妇女问题在撒哈拉以南非洲地区已经引起关注，但对寻求帮助的研究仍然有限。关于遭受性虐待的已婚或同居妇女寻求帮助的障碍的研究尤其缺乏。我们使用障碍模型，对 15 名遭受性虐待的加纳已婚或同居妇女进行了深入访谈，以研究她们的寻求帮助行为。参与者确定了寻求帮助的多个障碍，包括经济困难、缺乏社会支持和耻辱感。研究结果证实了障碍模型对女性幸存者在报告暴力方面面临的挑战的表述。它们表明需要改善法律，以促进有性暴力经历的妇女寻求帮助。
