الآثار الصحية والاجتماعية والنفسية للاعتداء الجنسي على النساء النازحات - جراء حرب

This study aims to identify the health, social and psychological effects of sexual assault on displaced women as a result of the April 2023 war in Sudan. As well as examining the differences in these effects according to the variables: age, marital status, and educational level. To achieve these goals, the researcher used the descriptive, correlational approach, and information was collected from (34) raped women in three states (Darfur, aljazera, and Khartoum), who were selected using random stratified sample method, from the study population that consist of 340raped victims from July 2023 to december 2024. The study tools consisted of two questionnaires: social survey, health & physical effects questionnaire and Psychological measures of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. The study data was processed using percentages and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) using a t-test, Cronbach alpha and Person correlation coefficient. The study reached a set of results, as follows: The percentage of health and physical effects ranged between 88.2% for physical injuries and the lowest percentage for digestive system disorders was 56%. As for social effects, the highest percentage was bullying from the family at 88% and the lowest percentage was divorce at 29.4%. As for the psychological effects, the percentages of sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress were as follows: 70.6%, 56%, 50%, and 44.1%, respectively.\r\n\r\nThere are statistically significant differences in the health, physical and psychological effects depending on the age variable in favor of the younger group. As for the social effects, there were no significant differences according to the age variable. There were statistically significant differences in the health, physical, psychological and social effects depending on the marital status variable in favor of unmarried women. There were statistically significant differences in the health and physical effects, social effects, and psychological effects according to the educational level variable in favor of the secondary-university level.\r\n\r\nThe most important recommendations were: Educating society on how to deal with victims of sexual assault by avoiding blame that doubles the victim’s suffering and standing with them, helping and supporting them. Increasing the penalty for indecent acts, harassment, and sexual assault – which is imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years and flogging – to reach the death penalty, as happened in some countries