Assessing the Services Provided by Police Gender Desk in Combating Violence Against Women: A Case of Tarime District.

Kitundu, Abeid Marco (2023) Assessing the Services Provided by Police Gender Desk in Combating Violence Against Women: A Case of Tarime District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study titled assessing the services provided by police gender desk in combating violence against women: a case of Tarime district.This study was guided by Transformational theory. The study used the descriptive-cross-sectional design. The researcher used questionnaires in data collection. This study used both qualitative and quantitative research approach. This study findings revealed that case management (GBV) was a leading service provided by the police gender desk followed by provision of witness/evidence at court. Also, the results of this study found that services at police gender desk are accessible. Moreover, findings of this study discovered that some community members have positive perception towards the services provided at PGD while others still hold negative perception against PGD. This study concludes that with minor challenges, the services provided by the police gender desks are good despite the fact that some community members have positive perception towards the services provided at PGD; while others still hold negative perception against PGD. This study is therefore recommending to create more awareness, and conducting community outreach and the PGD being located at the same location with police station. Keywords: Violence, Domestic violence against children, Police gender desk, Gender based violence

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