Leadership and Administrative Actions on Violence Practices against Children in Tanzania: The Case of Kisarawe District

Bupe Hezron; Faisal Hassan Issa

doi:10.51867/ajernet.5.4.166

Authors

Bupe Hezron Mzumbe University, Dar es Salaam Campus College
Faisal Hassan Issa Mzumbe University, Dar es Salaam Campus College https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1818-7745

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51867/ajernet.5.4.166

Keywords:

Administrative Actions, Leadership, Violence against Children

Abstract

The present paper examines leadership and administrative actions undertaken to address violence practices against children in Kisarawe District. It offers people’s awareness on the laws and regulations used to protect children against violence. It also identifies various challenges facing leaders and administrators toward the prevention of violence against children. This paper was guided by transactional leadership theory. The study adopted qualitative approach and it has used a case study design. The target population was 159,226 out of which 46 respondents were purposely selected by virtue of their experiences. Interview, focus group discussions, and observations were used as tools for data collection. The analysis of data was done through content analysis. The findings revealed that leaders and administrators have been successfully taking action to end Violence against Children (VAC) and most of the people are aware of it. Moreover, different stakeholders have been involved in adding efforts towards the government initiatives to end VAC. Conclusively, effective leadership and administrative actions have positive impacts towards protection of VAC incidents. It is recommended that efforts should be made to add more resources like police stations and transportation equipment to simplify the accessibility of remote areas. It is also recommended that further studies may focus on addressing the influence of culture on VAC.

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