Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
INTERSOS
October – December 2021

Datametrics led the endline evaluation of the Improving Access to WASH, Healthcare, Protection/Gender Based Violence and Livelihood Programs in Bama LGA, Borno State Nigeria. The endline evaluation was based on performance assessment using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. A total of 402 quantitative interviews and 24 qualitative interviews were conducted.
Overall, 16% of respondents believed GBV is common in their place
of resident. The three most mentioned forms of GBV by respondents were Physical Assault (34.2%), Denial of resources, opportunities or services (29.2%) and sex assault (22.4%). About 13% had experienced or knew someone who experienced GBV. Only half of the perpetrators were prosecuted. Eighty five percent (85%) of respondents believed that GBV is declining in the community/camp. About 37.2% of respondents believed Economic independence from perpetrator is the major factor that enable people to respond to or prevent GBV incident in the community/camp. The three most reported main sources of information on protection/GBV were community dialogue meetings (30.1%) followed by relatives, friends, work mates (28.4%), and health workers at hospital (19.7%). About 88.3 % of respondents believed the GBV services met needs, 70.3% believed the GBV/protection services were provided on time while 61.6% mentioned that complaint/feedback mechanism for these services were available. Overall, 83.1% of respondents were
satisfied with the GBV protection service.