Women and Babies Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia.
BMJ Open. 2023 Nov 16;13(11):e074042. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074042.
This study aims to collect data on the experience and impact of gender-based violence experienced by women attending health clinics in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Any woman over the age of 18 who attended a local health clinic in Honiara, Solomon Islands during the time of recruitment (ten consecutive weekdays in May 2015) was eligible to participate in an interviewer administered, in-person survey, gathering data on gender-based violence over the past 12 months.
A total of 100 women were recruited into this study. Of these women, 47% of women reported experiencing physical or sexual violence in the past 12 months. The most common perpetrators were the woman's husband or boyfriend. There are low rates of reporting, particularly through formal avenues such as to police or village leaders. Alcohol was involved in more than half the cases of reported violence.
Women in this study report high rates of gender-based violence. To our knowledge, this is the only study examining women's personal experience of gender-based violence in the Solomon Islands, with self-reported data on the frequency and nature of the violence, and the impact on women, including physical and mental, utilisation of healthcare services, police and legal involvement. Efforts to reduce gender-based violence should aim to reduce intimate partner violence, increase reporting and address wider social attitudes towards gender equality.
本研究旨在收集在所罗门群岛霍尼亚拉的健康诊所就诊的妇女遭受基于性别的暴力的经历和影响的数据。
任何在招募期间（2015 年 5 月连续十个工作日）年满 18 岁以上并在当地霍尼亚拉健康诊所就诊的妇女均有资格参加访谈者进行的面对面调查，以收集过去 12 个月中基于性别的暴力数据。
共有 100 名妇女被纳入本研究。在这些妇女中，47%的妇女报告在过去 12 个月中经历过身体或性暴力。最常见的犯罪者是妇女的丈夫或男友。报告率很低，特别是通过正式途径，如向警察或村长报告。超过一半的报告暴力事件涉及酒精。
本研究中的妇女报告了很高的基于性别的暴力率。据我们所知，这是唯一一项在在所罗门群岛检查妇女个人经历基于性别的暴力的研究，该研究提供了关于暴力的频率和性质以及对妇女的影响的自我报告数据，包括身体和心理、利用医疗保健服务、警察和法律介入。减少基于性别的暴力的努力应旨在减少亲密伴侣暴力，增加报告并解决更广泛的社会对性别平等的态度。
