Faith-Based Organizations and Gender-Based Violence: Towards an Understanding of Workable Measures

The study explores the role played by Faith-Based Organizations in curbing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through their influential basis pegged on faith and community values. Structural functionalism theory guided this research. The paper deployed a qualitative library-based research approach to review and synthesis existing literature on the role of Faith-Based Organizations in curbing Gender-Based Violence. The analysis established that FBOs can help mitigate GBV through offering support services, theological reflections and reforms, collaboration with other agencies of interest and engagement of boys and men in various gender programs. The study thus concludes that FBOs should take an active role in disseminating their duties as they hold a distinctive position of influence in the community which can amply the fight against GBV. The study, thus, recommends that deliberate efforts by the government and other well-wishers should be put in place to help strengthen FBOs in fighting GBVs through a coordinated and collaborated approach. Finally, the leadership of various churches should question the doctrinal background against Gender-based violence and see how to harmonize the two, which seem to be working against each other.