TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF SPOUSE ABUSE IN GASHUA COMMUNITY OF YOBE STATE, NIGERIA
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The problem of spouse abuse is in every society. However, studies on spouse abuse have not been extensively carried out in some communities in Nigeria. This study, therefore, investigated problem of Spouse abuse in Gashua community of Yobe State, Nigeria. The study used survey design and qualitative approach was used to gather data and information from the respondents who participated in the study. Non probability sampling technique was adopted to choose the respondents who participated. Seventeen respondents were eventually sampled for the study. Interviews were conducted with respondents. Data show 52.9% male participated in the study; 76.5 of them were Muslims and the entire respondents were chosen from nine different wards/quarters in the community. All respondents recognized spouse abuse as a social problem. Cultural sanction of supremacy of man over woman, violation of norms and values of the society; denial of equal right with men; high incidences of spouse abuse; the physical and psychological effects; denial of good life and effects on well-being were cited as reasons spouse abuse is a social problem. The study discovered physical injury, psychological problems, illness, and violation of women rights, social instability, insecurity, poor education, effects on job and effects on children and the entire society as monumental effects of spouse abuse.
The study advocated the strict implementation of the solutions offered by the respondents in this study and the others mentioned in other studies as recommendations to end the problem of spouse abuse in Gashua community and Nigerian society at large.Keywords
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