Abstract

This study examined the perception of gender-based emotional violence among civil servants in Edo state. The study also tested the hypothesis on the influence of demographic attributes on employees‘ perception of gender-based emotional violence in Edo State civil service. The study adopted the survey research design and employed a structured questionnaire to elicit information from respondents. The responses from the copies of the questionnaire that were administered were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, mean and standard deviation. Chi-Square (χ2) was used as an inferential statistical technique for testing the research hypotheses at a 5% level of significance. All of the statistical analyses in this study were carried out using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 24).. The findings revealed that 57% of the respondents considers emotional abuse as mainly perpetrated by superiors. The study further revealed that the consequences of gender-based emotional violence experienced among employees in the Edo State civil service include a decrease in job satisfaction; anger, anxiety, and depression; mental health, fear; and low performance and productivity. The study recommends that Edo State Government should set up specialized courts to swiftly handle gender-based violence-related cases.