1/3/2018 FY 14: Gender-based violence among stateless and national populations in Cote d'Ivoire “In this village, when people drink alcohol there is a lot of problem. There is a lot of beating.” ID1, stateless female, 45yo Lifetime experiences of childhood, intimate partner, and non-partner violence among men As a child, 47% of men reported experiencing physical abuse, 8% childhood sexual abuse, and 49% any childhood physical or sexual abuse, with no difference by nationality. One in five men (21.3%) reported physical violence during adulthood, 4% sexual violence, and 25% any physical or sexual violence by a partner or non-partner, with no difference by nationality. In total, 25% of national male participants reported any lifetime violence victimization. Appendix Table 5 provides a description of lifetime experiences of violence victimization among men in Cote d’Ivoire. Figure 4. Violence victimization and perpetration among surveyed men Qualitative findings: “Alcohol problems disturb some women here in this village… there are some men [who are victims of violence a lot here… not necessarily physical. There are no women hitting their husbands, but there is a lot of humiliation, too many… it happens in my house.” ID6, stateless male, 43 yo “There have been cases of physical violence and psychological violence of women [perpetration] on their husbands. There are also cases of sexual violence against men. But here in Bouafle, a man never had the courage to come and tell us that his wife beat him.” FGD, service provider Perpetration of intimate and non-partner violence among national and stateless men Among all males with any intimate partner in their lifetime, 15% of national and stateless male participants reported lifetime physical IPV perpetration, 10% physical IPV perpetration during a partner’s pregnancy, 16% sexual IPV perpetration, and 25% physical or sexual IPV perpetration. No differences were observed by nationality status. In terms of non-partner violence, fewer stateless men reported physically harming a woman who was not their partners, compared to national males (2.6% vs. 8.1%), while only 1.4% of national and stateless male participants reported sexual violence perpetration. In total, 6% of men reported physical or sexual non-partner violence perpetration, with no difference by nationality status. Appendix Table 6 provides a summary of lifetime experiences of intimate partner and non-partner violence perpetration among national and stateless men in Cote d’Ivoire. Correlates of violence victimization among stateless women and men Table 1 summarizes the relationship between demographic factors, partner characteristics, and lifetime violence victimization among stateless women who experienced any lifetime violence victimization (N=191). Stateless women who reported any lifetime experience of violence were more likely to be to have seasonal or infrequent employment and have ever been married without their consent, relative to those without lifetime experiences of violence. Table 1. Correlates of lifetime violence victimization among stateless women Lifetime experience of violence victimization No Yes Total (N=109) (N=82) (N=191) n (%) n (%) n (%) p-value 18-20 26 (23.9) 23 (28.0) 49 (25.7) 0.213 21-30 43 (39.4) 39 (47.6) 82 (42.9) 31-40 12 (11.0) 9 (11.0) 21 (11.0) >41 28 (25.7) 11 (13.4) 39 (20.4) Ever attended school (n=191) 12 (11.0) 15 (18.3) 27 (14.1) Primary 12 (100.0) 13 (86.7) 25 (92.6) Secondary 0 (0.0) 2 (13.3) 2 (7.4) Worked in the past month (n=187) 66 (62.3) 45 (55.6) 111 (59.4) Age (years) (n=191) 0.153 Highest level of school attended (n=27) 0.189 0.368 Among those who worked, frequency of employment (n=125) https://www.state.gov/j/prm/policyissues/prmfund/276832.htm 6/27