The Devastating Effects of Gender-based Violence on Household Well-being: A Case Study from Kinondoni Municipal, Tanzania

The study assessed the effects of gender-based violence towards household well-being in Kinondoni Municipal in Tanzania. The study employed a survey design whereas a qualitative approach was employed though the study was conducted based on subjective reality testing. Primary data were employed in the process of knowledge generation. Facts were collected from the subjects of the situation and the key informants from the respective entities engaged in gender-based violence (GBV) from the sample of 120 participants. The study was conducted in Kinondoni Municipal and data were gathered using questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The collected results from the field using questionnaires were computed in SPSS software whereas descriptive statistics were generated to present the results. Results gathered through interviews were analyzed using content analysis techniques which were narratively presented with themes to complement the results. Findings indicated that gender-based violence indeed constitutes negative effects alone on the households' well-being since in the end it fosters destructions, enmity and hatred among the actors that may culminate into other negative results once the situation is not worked to be resolved. The implication of the results is that gender-based violence is indeed a destructive practice that is not the behaviour that is encouraged to escalate for the well-being of the families. Therefore, it is recommended that measures towards addressing the cultural aspects by the government and non-state actors should be encouraged to ensure that emancipation positively occurs