Reflections on Increasing the Value of Data on Sexual Violence Incidents against Children to Better Prevent and Respond to Sexual Offending in Kenya
Reflections on Increasing the Value of Data on Sexual Violence Incidents against Children to Better Prevent and Respond to Sexual Offending in Kenya
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DOI：
10.3390/soc12030089
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发表时间：
2022-06-01
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2.1
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Davies, Kari
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作者：
Ji, Zidan;Rockowitz, Sarah;Davies, Kari
在许多国家，关于性暴力事件的数据收集并未纳入医疗保健系统，这使得在该国建立性犯罪的性质很难。这有助于广泛地否认性暴力案件的现实以及幸存者及其家人的集体压迫。捕获有关事件（例如发生肇事者的特征，受害者和犯罪的特征）的详细信息可以消除有关性暴力的神话，并帮助预防犯罪和干预措施。本文探讨了如何特别涉及肯尼亚的儿童的性暴力事件的信息，这些信息是从两个不同的数据来源收集的：针对儿童调查的暴力行为（VAC）和Wangu Kanja基金会（WKF）收集的数据，该基金会（WKF）是幸存者领导的肯尼亚NGO，有助于肯尼亚的NGO，有助于性暴力幸存者实现重要的服务和正义和正义。这两项调查提供了有关性和基于性别的暴力的最全面的信息。分析表明，尽管VACS提供了有关性暴力患病率的信息，但与WKF数据集相比，它提供了有关暴力性质（例如，肇事者，受害者和犯罪的特征）的详细信息。我们批判性地思考了未来的调查中如何最大程度地提高有效性和信息性，以更好地了解性暴力的性质，以及其他形式的基于性别的暴力，并有助于预防和反应干预措施/编程。
In many countries, data collection on sexual violence incidents is not integrated into the healthcare system, which makes it difficult to establish the nature of sexual offences in this country. This contributes to widespread societal denial about the realities of sexual violence cases and the collective oppression of survivors and their families. Capturing detailed information about incidents (e.g., characteristics of perpetrators, where it happened, victims, and the offence) can dispel myths about sexual violence and aid in crime prevention and interventions. This article examines how information about sexual violence incidents-in particular, offences committed against children in Kenya-is gathered from two different data sources: the Violence Against Children Survey (VACS) and data collected by the Wangu Kanja Foundation (WKF), a survivor-led Kenyan NGO that assists sexual violence survivors in attaining vital services and justice. These two surveys provide the most comprehensive information about sexual and gender-based violence. The analysis indicates that, while the VACS provides information about the prevalence of sexual violence, it provides less detailed information about the nature of violence (e.g., characteristics of perpetrators, victims, and the offence) compared with the WKF dataset. We critically reflect on how validity and informativeness can be maximised in future surveys to better understand the nature of sexual violence, as well as other forms of gender-based violence, and aid in prevention and response interventions/programming.