INVESTIGATING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE MALE CHILD AND ADULT AND THE IMPACT ON SOME SCHOOLS IN ADAMAWA STATE

This study aimed to investigate and enlighten the society on the Effects of Gender Based Violence on Male Child and Adult in the Society. Four higher institutions and a secondary school were selected in Adamawa State namely; Federal College of Education Yola, College of Health Technology Mubi, Adamawa State University Mubi, Modibbo Adama University Yola, and Government Day Secondary School Vunoklang, Girei. Fifty questionnaires were administered to each school and were analyzed based on the effects of the gender-based violence on male child and adult considering the strategies to counter such occurrences in due time. The population of the study consists of students of the selected schools and their staff.  The study is a corpus-based and descriptive analysis was adopted for the study. It was discovered that many of the male child and adult are subjected to violence every day. Some of this violence meted on the male child or adult can be culturally, politically, socially and so on. Based on the findings, the study recommends regular workshops, seminars and so on to be organized in schools and the community at large to sensitize students and the masses on the effects of gender-based violence meted on the male child and adult. The study also recommends the government to be actively involved in sponsoring experts to educate or create awareness on the dangers of gender-based violence on the male gender. Platforms that will give listening ear to the male child and adult should be created in such a way that the victims will not shy away from telling their stories without being judged by the society. A gender violence free schools and society in the state is the hope and aspiration of all parents and this is what this study focused on. This study investigated into some of the untold stories of the male child and adult in our today’s society.