ArticleViolence against women2022
Barriers to Help-Seeking for Sexual Violence Among Married or Cohabiting Women in Ghana.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Barriers and Facilitators of Help-Seeking Behaviors in South Asian Women Living in High-Income Countries who Have Experienced Domestic Violence: Perception of Domestic Violence Survivors and Service Providers.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Barriers to healthcare and justice for sexual and gender-based violence survivors in Sierra Leone: A gender-integrated socio-ecological analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Sexual trauma and interest in mobile health among women with mental illness in Ghana.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- Association between polygyny and justification of violence among women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with sexual violence against reproductive-age women in Ghana: A multilevel mixed-effects analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Dealing With Rape Cases in Ghana: The Law, the Victim and the Offender.Sexual offending (Trier, Germany) · 2023Review
- COVID-19, mobility restriction, and sexual behavior among a cohort of people of reproductive age: Nigeria.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Addressing Filicide in Ghana: Linking Cultural Understanding With the Law Against Filicide. Does the Law Work?Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
While sexual violence against women has gained attention in sub-Saharan Africa, research examining help-seeking remains limited. Scholarship on barriers to help-seeking among sexually abused married or cohabiting women is particularly lacking. We used the barriers model and held 15 in-depth interviews with sexually abused Ghanaian married or cohabiting women to examine help-seeking behaviors. Participants identified multiple barriers to help-seeking, including financial difficulties, lack of social support, and stigma. The results corroborate the barriers model's formulation of the challenges faced by female survivors in reporting violence. They indicate the need to improve laws to promote help-seeking among women with experiences of sexual violence.
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