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A focus on drawing as method: insights from a novice participatory visual methodologies researcher
Introduction, part of : Violence against schoolgirls is a daily reality. Unfortunately, most literature is mainly focused on GBV among adult females (Morof et al., 2014; Mutinta, 2022), yet the vice can be traced in the early years of female lives. My study thus sought to explore the forms of GBV secondary schoolgirls experience in informal settlements and to find out from them the ways in which secondary schools can improve their support systems for secondary schoolgirls who experience GBV. GBV is part of the hard realities of living in an informal settlement. The United Nations (2006) reports it as one of the most serious human rights violations, with more than 30% of females worldwide experiencing GBV. Vulnerability to GBV in informal settlements is increased when one is younger, as is the case with secondary schoolgirls, with statistics indicating that they have the highest recorded number of cases of GBV (Mahlangu et al., 2014). Both globally and locally in Kenya, numerous policies to mitigate GBV are in place, yet the vice remains on the increase. Such policies include the Constitution of Kenya (2010), the Children’s Act (2001); the Sexual Offence Act (2006); the Sexual Offences Regulations (2008). Although research on GBV is vast, and much of the literature is mainly focused on GBV among adult females (Crooks et al., 2019), the research around GBV and girls is on the increase. This qualitative research, using a girl-friendly approach to explore the problem and possible solutions, could further contribute to understanding GBV in the lives of girls. In that way, immediate intervention measures could be put in place to deal with this vice. And who better to provide what is needed, than the schoolgirls themselves? …
This chapter is derived from a previous study (Mworia, 2023), with a focus on how drawing as method was used to generate data with the girls on such a sensitive topic, ensuring that it led to “most good and least harm” to them (Mitchell et al., 2011).
Author: Mworia, Naomi
Co-author: Githinji, Felicity W. (supervisor)
Co-author: De Lange, Naydene (supervisor) | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5660-6317
Institution: None | Centre: None
Type: Chapter in book | English | Peer Reviewed
Subjects: Education
Published in: Education research in African context: traditions and new beginnings for knowledge and impact. ISBN: 978-1-0672535-0-9 (paper), EISBN: 978-1-0672535-1-6 (eBook), EISBN: 978-1-0672535-2-3 (ePub) | Chapter 11
Publisher of document: Somerset West, Cape Town: African Minds
Date: 2024 | Pages: 164 - 179
https://www.africanminds.co.za/education-research/
Copyright: © 2024 African Minds | License: Open Access: CC BY 4.0
