Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age
Currently, around a million Rohingya refugees live in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. This study examines the attitudes toward physical abuse and experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) of Rohingya refugee women who experienced child marriage. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Rohingya r...
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| description | Currently, around a million Rohingya refugees live in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. This study examines the attitudes toward physical abuse and experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) of Rohingya refugee women who experienced child marriage. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Rohingya refugee settlement at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Attitudes towards physical abuse have been assessed by a set of five questions that asked the situation under which ‘hitting or beating’ one’s wife is justifiable. Multivariable logistic regressions are used to examine the associations of exposure to child marriage with (i) attitudes towards the justification of physical abuse by one’s husband and (ii) experiences of IPV in the 12 months prior to the survey. Data are available for 486 participants. Overall, 61.32% of women experienced child marriage (married before 18 years of age) and they were more likely to have strongly justified beatings/hitting one’s wife under certain circumstances (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) = 2.71; 95%CI: 1.78, 4.11), and to have experienced such IPV by their husbands in the 12 months prior to the survey (AOR = 1.72; 95%CI: 1.13, 2.61). These AORs are higher for women married at ages 12–14 than those married at 15–17. Having some formal education among husband and wife is protective of abuse within a marriage. Rohingya women’s attitudes towards and experiences of IPV are associated with their exposure to child marriage. Interventions for stopping child marriage, marriage registration, social support group, and legal interventions are needed. Offering formal education to all children needs to be prioritized. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be25dffc71c54843b8a589a25c7378fd2022-12-21T18:19:56ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Health Action1654-98802021-01-0114110.1080/16549716.2021.19438521943852Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of ageM. Mofizul Islam0Md Nuruzzaman Khan1Md Mashiur Rahman2La Trobe UniversityJatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam UniversityIndependent ResearcherCurrently, around a million Rohingya refugees live in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. This study examines the attitudes toward physical abuse and experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) of Rohingya refugee women who experienced child marriage. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Rohingya refugee settlement at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Attitudes towards physical abuse have been assessed by a set of five questions that asked the situation under which ‘hitting or beating’ one’s wife is justifiable. Multivariable logistic regressions are used to examine the associations of exposure to child marriage with (i) attitudes towards the justification of physical abuse by one’s husband and (ii) experiences of IPV in the 12 months prior to the survey. Data are available for 486 participants. Overall, 61.32% of women experienced child marriage (married before 18 years of age) and they were more likely to have strongly justified beatings/hitting one’s wife under certain circumstances (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) = 2.71; 95%CI: 1.78, 4.11), and to have experienced such IPV by their husbands in the 12 months prior to the survey (AOR = 1.72; 95%CI: 1.13, 2.61). These AORs are higher for women married at ages 12–14 than those married at 15–17. Having some formal education among husband and wife is protective of abuse within a marriage. Rohingya women’s attitudes towards and experiences of IPV are associated with their exposure to child marriage. Interventions for stopping child marriage, marriage registration, social support group, and legal interventions are needed. Offering formal education to all children needs to be prioritized.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1943852rohingyachild marriageintimate partner violencedomestic violencerefugee |
| spellingShingle | M. Mofizul Islam Md Nuruzzaman Khan Md Mashiur Rahman Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age Global Health Action rohingya child marriage intimate partner violence domestic violence refugee |
| title | Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age |
| title_full | Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age |
| title_short | Attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among Rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age |
| title_sort | attitudes to and experiences of intimate partner violence among rohingya women who married before eighteen years of age |
| topic | rohingya child marriage intimate partner violence domestic violence refugee |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1943852 |
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