Background to the study
Some aspects of Malawi's gender profile and how they relate to gender-based violence/Nkhanza
combating gender-based violence project and the study
Tasks and research methods
Research sites
Data collection
Workshop
Socio-economic profile
Social structure
Implications of the marriage systems
Perception of Nkhanza
Women's perception of violence
Men's perceptions of gender-based violence
Children's perception of violence
Structural issues and processes
Primary system of justice
Formal structure
Nkhanza or gender-based violence
Nkhanza the norm
impact of economic factors
Beating
an accepted form of conflict resolution
psychological impact of Nkhanza
Interviewees at boma level.