In summary
- 65.8 percent of the women believe that it is a man’s right to discipline his wife when she is wrong.
- Buying items with the husband’s money without permission according to 30 percent
A new study has shown that Tanzanian women have consented to being disciplined by their husbands when they are wrong.
The study conducted by Tanzania’s National Bureau of Statistics stated that 65.8 percent of the women believe that it is a man’s right to discipline his wife when she is wrong.
63 percent believe that when the wife cheats on her husband, then she oughts to be disciplined.
Forty three percent feel that the discipline should be given when she does not take care of the baby.
Buying items with the husband’s money without permission according to 30 percent of those interviewed warrants you some discipline.
According to the research 22 percent of women and men aged 15-49 had sexual intercourse with partners who are neither their spouse or girlfriend.
Beating your wife is illegal in Kenya and it is also punishable in a court of law.
The World Health Organisation estimates that most one-third of women experience some form of physical and sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime.
