Violence Against Women and Girls in Zimbabwe: A Review of a Decade of the Empirical Literature.

ABSTRACT: Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a complex social problem affecting many women globally. In Zimbabwe, intimate partner violence (IPV) and child marriages remain persistent public health problems with detrimental effects on the health and well-being of women and girls. Statistics show that Zimbabwe has one of the highest rates of IPV and child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa. Given this background, this paper systematically reviewed published research on VAWG in Zimbabwe from 2012 to 2022 to identify research gaps. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, we systematically searched for literature across five electronic databases: Web of Science, Medline, Psych-Info via EBSCO-Host, and Google Scholar. Our initial search yielded 261 articles, of w

SUBMITTER: Bengesai AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12397546 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature