RUAHA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive human rights violations occurring in the world. It happens in every country, not only in situations of conflicts or crisis, but context, others call them peacefully and in both public and private spaces. It destroys the potentials of girls and women in developing countries and prevents them from pulling themselves out of poverty. Addressing violence against women and girls is a central development goal in its own right, and key to achieving other development outcomes for individual women, their families, communities and nations. This article intends to investigate the impacts of violence against women on women’s participation towards an industrialized economy in Tanzania. Data were collected in Tarime Tanzania using questionnaire of a sample size of 143 drawn from women using simple random sampling. Ruaha Catholic University Faculty of Business, Economics and Management Sciences Ruaha Journal of Business, Economics and Management eISSN 2507-79945 Vol 2, Issue 1, 2019 74 Ruaha Journal of Business, Economics and Management Sciences Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2019 Findings using correlation indicate that violence against women has a negative influence on women’s participation on industrialized economy in Tanzania. It indicated that, violence against women lowers women’s productivity which consequently lowers national GDP. Violence also deprives access of girls to formal education hence makes them to lack skills, competences and innovative ideals to participate towards an industrialized economy due to early marriages and parenthood. The impacts extend far beyond these victims, as it threatens the stability, security, and social welfare of families and their status in the community. In addition, violence against women undermines the human rights of a woman and her family and affects the exercise of her civil rights.

Economic Impact, Violence, Women’s Participation, Industrialize Economy