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DEFINING “VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN”Definition of “Violence”This study applies, to the context of violence against children, the definition of violence put forward by theWorld Health Organization (WHO):The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, oragainst a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death,psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.World Report on Violence and Health 2002, WHOThis definition embodies four critical ideas thatresonate with the approach of this study. First,it incorporates the concept of “power” and,thus, implies analysis of the transaction in termsof a relationship. Second, it includes the use ofactual force as well as threatened force, the lattercharacterizing the bulk of the violence perpetratedagainst children. Third, it includes the acts thatlead to psychological harm, maldevelopment,and deprivation, all of which are critical concernswhen understanding the impact of violence onchildren. Finally, this conception of violenceclosely approximates what children understand asviolence, even though they may not use similarwords.However, in order to apply this WHO definitionto the study, the research team first had tocontend with a difference between children andadults’ conceptions of violence against children,a discrepancy that emerged during the formative10Part One Research Design
esearch.Children’s Conception of ViolenceIn almost every discussion it was apparent that children conceptualised violence as a way in which many adultsrelated to them and something that made them feel bad about themselves. They tended to use examplesto illustrate the meaning of violence rather than a conceptual definition. When the concept of violence wasexplored through different methods, the following ideas consistently emerged.1. Violence is about how adults make you feel bad. In a variety ofcontributions, when probed to clarify what made an act violent,children talked about residual feelings of anger, fear, shame, andhumiliation.Violence against children is when big people make you feelbad by doing bad things to you.13-year-old girl, Wakiso2. Violence is about bad things adults do to you. Most oftenchildren talked specifically about what adults did to them. Whenasked, “What is violence against children?” they gave examples ofpersonal experiences.It is when my father shouts at me all the time even forsmall mistakes.9-year-old boy, Apac3. Violence is about what adults don’t do. Children also gave examples of omissions and neglect as acts ofviolence, such as being ignored or excluded from the family.My stepmother never talks to me or teaches me anything. She ignores me as if she doesn’tnotice me at all and gives me sharp looks if I do something that she doesn’t like.8-year-old girl, Iganga4. Violence is wrong. Children expressed a clear judgment of violence as wrong. Each story of sustainedviolence carried indignation and the belief that the adult ought to have known better.It is not right to make a child walk four kilometres with a heavy load to sell things at the market,especially on a school day.15-year-old boy, KasesePart One Research Design 11
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Page 5 and 6: DedicationThis work is dedicated to
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Page 9 and 10: EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis study examine
Page 11 and 12: a new dimension to the adult-child
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Page 15 and 16: PARTICIPANTSA total of 1406 childre
Page 17 and 18: METHODOLOGYData CollectionThe resea
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Page 21: Children’s VoicesWhat do you unde
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Page 28 and 29: QUESTION 1Have you experienced viol
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Page 32 and 33: Children’s VoicesHave you experie
Page 34 and 35: QUESTION 3Have you experienced emot
Page 38 and 39: QUESTION 4Have you experienced sexu
Page 42 and 43: QUESTION 5Have you experienced econ
Page 46 and 47: QUESTION 6Who commits violence agai
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Page 50 and 51: QUESTION 7How do you feel when viol
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Page 56 and 57: QUESTION 8What do you do when viole
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Page 60 and 61: QUESTION 9What, if anything, should
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Page 71 and 72: QUESTION 1Are children punished in
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Adults’ VoicesCulturally, we watc
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of being reported to higher authori
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QUESTION 3How often do you punish c
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Adults’ VoicesHow often do you pu
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In what ways do you punish children
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Adults’ VoicesIn what ways do you
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In interviews, many teachers admitt
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Adults’ Voicestimes, I feel happy
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I know beating her has not changed
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QUESTION 7Are there ways in which a
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Adults’ VoicesAre there ways in w
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QUESTION 8What should be done when
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Adults’ VoicesWhat should be done
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6. Adults believe in a hierarchy of
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PART FOURRecommendationsWHAT WOULD
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violence. The legislation should in
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3.6 RESEARCHCommission research tha
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5.9 COMMUNITY SENSITISATIONIntroduc
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Part Four Recommendations101
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