Assessing guidance and Counseling service provision to Women survivors of violence: A case of North “A” District Unguja-Zanzibar.

Rashid, Mwadini Hamadi (2022) Assessing guidance and Counseling service provision to Women survivors of violence: A case of North “A” District Unguja-Zanzibar. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Tanzania experience Violation Against Women, majority of women experience sexual and Gender Based Violence whereby they adopt psychological, physical and health problem as a results they have no better room of participating in social and national development matters. The main objective of this study was to assess the guidance and counseling service provision to women survivors of violence, a case study of North “A” District Unguja-Zanzibar. The specific objectives of this study were; to examine availability of guidance and counseling service, to examine current planned programs on guidance and counseling and to identify challenges that hinder guidance and counseling service provision to women survivors of violence in North “A” District Unguja. The study used a case to archive its objectives. The sampling techniques used in this study were simple random sampling and snowball techniques where eight-six (86) respondents were selected. The main source of information collected were self-administered questionnaire and structured interview which were designed to obtain primary data and secondary data were collected through reading policies and office reports dealt with Women developmental matters. The findings of the study shown that, about fifty-six percent (56%) of women survivors of violence are not access guidance and counseling service this is due to due to less sharing of information. Furthermore, the counseling offices are challenged by poor Gender Based Violence Policy, inadequate professional counselors and low allocated budget. The researcher recommended that allocation of enough budget and formulation of strong GBV Policy will alleviate existing challenges. Keywords: violence, Women survivors of violence, guidance and counseling, guidance andcounseling service, North “A” District Unguja- Zanzibar

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