EFFECT OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE ON WOMEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS, BORNO STATE NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Violence against women is a manifestation of unequal power relation between male and female leading to discrimination, violence has been an obstacle women in achieving their potentials in life. Gender base violence is a serious global topic that is always associated with women segregation from supportive ties to kin. The study examines the effect of gender based violence on women socio economic development in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council. It investigates the effect of gender-based violence on women development, women health system and women entrepreneurial skills, primary and secondary sources of data were used as a means of data collection. Purposive sampling was adopted as a sampling technique for the study and descriptive statistical tools were used because they were suitable means of breaking down and analyzing the generated data. The sample size of the study is 400 which was obtained from the total of 758,700, which was obtained using Taro Yemani formula and hypothesis was tested by using analysis of variance Analysis of variance (ANOVA). The study revealed that education pursue of women was seriously affected by gender based violence due to limitation of participation in schools, healthcare service delivery and participation in economic growth. The study concludes that gender-based violence has affected women socio economic development and recommends among others that government should provide policies that would project the interest of women against victimization of women such as Enabling Environment Assessments for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) and Value Chain Development (VCD).