Violence against women: the case of Africa

Abstract

The available research on violence against women allows to conclude that this problem is reality in African societies and families and that it is spreading. However, it is necessary to underline that the research of the issue in African countries is far from being comprehensive. Some of the studies manage only to touch upon the problem of violence against women and, as rule, limit themselves to the analysis of certain legal aspects of the issue such as legal remedies for the victims and sanctions against the offenders for some of the most common forms of violent offences. Some other studies address only specific type or form of violence against women. These studies are based on the official information available in the police stations, courts, clinics, social welfare organizations which is far from being complete for the purpose of comprehensive research of the problem.