The Relationship Between Alcohol use Disorder and Gender- Based Violence among Women in Kiandutu Slum,Kiambu County,Kenya
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2025-12-16
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Nicole Wambui Mungai
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PAC University
Abstract
women should be empowered to strive for more growth in their personal and communal lives. That notwithstanding, there have been increased cases of gender-based violence among women in Kenya particularly during and post-covid-19 Pandemic. The main objective of this study was to establish the relationship between alcohol use disorder and gender-based violence
among women in Kiandutu slum, Kiambu County, Kenya. The study was informed by two theories which were the Psychopathological Theory and the Theory of Tension Reduction. Descriptive research design was adopted since it would guide the study based on the problem at hand. The target population was 433 women and 7 managers of the rehabilitation staffs in 6 rehabilitation centers and one GBV rescue center. Simple random sampling method was used to obtain 30% of 433 women resulting to a sample size of 130 women. The other category of the rehabilitation center managers was sampled using purposive method to include all. The women were issued with the questionnaires while center managers were interviewed. The study
conducted a pre-test in Stegrami rehabilitation center in Kiambu County. The study measured reliability and validity. When analyzing the quantitative data, the study examined descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. In the descriptive statistics, the study gave information related to frequencies, percentages and mean. In inferential statistics, Model
Summary, ANOVA and regression coefficient were measured. When analyzing qualitative data from the interviews, the study used thematic method. The key findings on extent of Alcohol Use Disorder revealed that 82(88%) women were not able to maintain basic household hygiene, 78(75%) experienced hallucination, and 76(73%) experienced insecurity concerns when intoxicated with alcohol. Further, on extent of GBV, 85(81%) women admitted that people subjected them to verbal abuses, 89(85%) admitted to physical violence or verbal insults while 86(82%) had never thought of killing themselves. On the relationship between AUD and GBV, 93(89%) women admitted that when their partners shouted at them because of drinking. In addition, 85(81%) felt shortness of breath complications when they took excessive alcohol. On the treatment options offered to women, 94(90%) agreed that they have ever received emotional support particularly from their family and 92(88%) women also admitted that they have received aid in form of goods in kind. Further 76(72%) women admitted that they were in support groups to enable them overcome the drinking problem. The conclusion was that there was AUD among women and at the same time, they were subjected to GBV. However, when
the women were offered treatment options, the AUD and GBV reduced significantly. Therefore, the study recommends that there should be more public awareness through main stream and social media to enable the public realize the negative impact of AUD and GBV.