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Oloruntomiwa Oyetunde, University of Ibadan
Olorunfemi Ogundele, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo city, Ondo
Young mothers experiencing GBV have a triple burden going through adolescence, being a mother, and experiencing violence all at once. They are a unique population that has both youthful and motherhood needs and very few interventions to meet these needs at the same time. The study determined regional differences in factors of gender-based violence experienced among young mothers in Nigeria. The study analyzed a dataset from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2018. Information about the age of experience of gender-based violence was extracted and cross-tabulated by region and other socio-demographic characteristics. The sample size was 10,004 young women(15-24)years old, 17.9% of girls 15-24 have ever experienced sexual violence. 2.8% have experienced sexual violence, 5.95% have physical and sexual violence. 20.7% reported being humiliated by their partners. Young women from the north, who are uneducated were more likely to have experienced more GBV.
Presented in Session 51. Sexual and reproductive rights of adolescents