Exploring Forms and Doers of Violence against Rural Women in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

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Department of Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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This research aimed to 1) identify the exposure of rural women to different forms of violence from their point of view and 2) determine sources of violence (perpetrators/ doers of violence) from the point of view of rural women exposed to domestic violence. Data were collected from the study sample using a pre-tested questionnaire form by personal interviews during the period from April to June 2021 from a sample of 550 rural women in three villages (ElRaba, AboElseir, and Elkamal), Timayy Al-Imdid district, Dakahlia governorate. Frequencies, percentages, and one way ANOVA F-test were used for result presentation and display. Thirty violent actions distributed to five forms of violence against rural (physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and social violence) were surveyed. Findings revealed that there are 5573 cases of violence affects rural women as reported by respondents,  physical violence ranks first in terms of the number of cases (41.1%), followed by psychological violence (26.1%). As for the least prevalent forms of violence, sexual violence had the lowest percentage (6.06% of the total cases) followed by social violence (12.4%) and the economic violence with percentage of 14.3% of total cases. Results also show that the most frequent doer was victim’s husband with 57% of the total number of violence cases, followed by the victim’s brother (16.2%) and victim’s father with percentage of 11%. While members of victim’s husband were the doer of 9% of violence cases affects rural women.

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Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 1
June 2022
Pages 161-174

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