An Assessing the Efficiency of Police Gender Desks in Preventing Violence Against Children in Bunda District.

Moshy, Colman Augustino (2025) An Assessing the Efficiency of Police Gender Desks in Preventing Violence Against Children in Bunda District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to assess the Efficiency of Police Gender Desks in Preventing Violence against Children, The Case of Bunda Police Gender Desk. The study was carried out in the Bunda District of the Mara Region. The study has specific objectives, which include the role of the Police Gender- Desks in ending Violence against Children, The alternative measures used to combat Violence against Children, and The challenges facing Police Gender Desks in the prevention of Violence against Children. The structural functionalism theory guided the study. Pragmatic research philosophy and explorative research design were employed, with a sample size of 137 purposively and randomly selected participants. Both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods were used and analyzed using thematic for qualitative data and descriptive for quantitative data through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study findings reveal that the efficiency of the gender desk depends on different factors like the well-equipped facilities, including transport and fuel, to facilitate Gender Desk operation/activities to prevent foul-up of VAC cases, and officers need to be trained. Moreover, community cooperation is strongly needed for the desk to be efficient. Most respondents from the interview suggested that the government should provide Mass education about the impact of VAC. Furthermore, the government should educate the families on their rights and the rights of their Children and where to report when they face VAC—more over during an interview with a Police officer in charge. The Gender Desk office said that another measure is that the Police force should give the gender desk its importance by preparing enough budgets. The other measure recommended by most respondents was severe legal actions that should be taken against those attempting Violation to violate Children.

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