TITLE:
Sexual Violence in the Zinder Region, about 441 Cases in Reference Motherhoods
AUTHORS:
Souleymane Oumarou Garba, Zélika Salifou Lankoande, Maina Oumara, Nabara Ibrahim, Issa Abdou Amadou, Oumarou Habou, Madi Nayama
KEYWORDS:
Sexual Violence, Zinder, Reference Motherhoods, Niger
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.14 No.2,
February
13,
2023
ABSTRACT: Background: Niger is one of the countries that have the highest fertility rate in the world, with 7, 6 children per woman.
Zinder is the most populated region of Niger with 5 million inhabitants that is
1/5 of Niger population. The demographic impact that has affected Niger the
last 10 years: unemployment poverty and
drug use, spawned violence of all kinds in Zinder region (physical and sexual
violence). Sexual abuse is a major risk for poor psychiatric and physical
outcomes. As sexual violence has serious consequences on the life and
future of women and the community and it concerns our field of intervention, we initiated this study whose
objective was to determine the socio-epidemiological and lesional
aspects, the consequences and appropriate solutions
of sexual violence in the Zinder. Methodology: This was a retrospective collection study of all cases of alleged sexual violence received
over a 12-year period from 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2021 in Zinder’s referral
maternity wards. Results: During the study period, 441 cases of sexual
violence were collected; an annual average
of 36 cases (441/12). The frequency is 1.29% on the 34,186
consultations. The mean age was 12.31 years with age extremes of 3 to 43 years.
Students accounted for 25.39%. Street vendors were found in 224 cases or 50.79%. The predominant reason for
admission is rape in 64.63%. The defloration was 52.15%. Pregnancy was found in 118 cases or 26.75%. HIV serology was positive in 1 victim.
School dropout was 26.75%. Conclusion: The victims of sexual violence were minors,
mostly street vendors and school children. The lack of means of repression at
the time allowed the expansion of this violence. The consequences of
sexual violence were severe. Advocacy has improved the phenomen on of sexual
violence in Zinder.