Many ideas have been proposed to explain gender-based violence against women. The earliest assumption to emerge in the U.s was that battering victims were mentally ill men. Gender-based violence, on the other hand, affected every woman, disproving this idea. The second idea characterized gender-based abuse of women as just a loss of control. The behavior of batterers is in opposition to this "loss of control" idea. The violence of batterers is specifically directed at certain individuals at certain times and locations. No matter how enraged or out of command they are, batterers never intentionally hit their employers or police officers. Regardless of how enraged and out of reach they are, batterers do not voluntarily choose to strike their superiors or police officers. In order to avoid leaving apparent signs of their abuse, domestic abusers may choose to attack their spouses only in secret or take other measures. In fact, studies show that many batterers grow more in control and composed as their level of aggression rises. Another idea holds that women who experienced recurrent abuse developed a "learned helplessness" that prohibited them from putting up a fight or ending the relationship. However, the "learned helplessness" idea failed to take into consideration the numerous social, economic, and cultural factors that could influence a woman's decision to remain in a domestic abuse. They can worry about their children or themselves being punished, or they might worry that they won't be able to provide for them financially. If they leave, they can face rejection from their family and community. This idea is also at odds the with fact that women who endure abusive relationships often make attempts to escape and frequently take very deliberate actions to try to lessen the damage meted out to them and to safeguard their children. There is also the "Family Conflict" model. This concept holds that both partners are responsible for the violence. However, the interparental model makes the erroneous assumption that the victim's behavior somehow justifies the batterer's abusive response. The main goal of this study is to provide answers to the concerns of what kinds of gender-based violence there are against women and how it affects their rights in institutions of higher learning, specifically the University of Gondar. The researcher went to three offices at the Gondar University that are dealing with problems connected to the current situation as part of this research. The first is university's office for issues relating to women, HIV/AIDS, and special needs, and the second is the office for women's issues within the student union. The school sexual abuse disciplinary matters handling committee is the final one. Additionally, the researcher spoke with female students during interviews. As a result, the researcher began by conducting interviews.