Prevalence of Sexual Violence and its Characteristics among Female Students in Aman High School, Bench Maji Zone, South West Ethiopia – A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study, 2017
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 10
Abstract
Abstract: Violence against women is usually targeted at women and girls due to their unequal treatment nature in society. It is considered as one of the major women health problems and further is a major obstacle standing against women’s human rights. Sexual violence in different forms is widespread throughout the world. Although it is largely hidden by the victims, it is estimated that 12 million people around the world face sexual violence every year. In the developing world, where economic imbalances are extreme and literacy rates low, the magnitude and effect of sexual violence is unquestionably high including Ethiopia. To assess the prevalence of sexual violence and its characteristics among female students in Aman high school, south west EthiopiaSchool based cross sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of sexual violence among female students in Aman high school. A structured self-administrated questioner was used to collect data. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20 software. The results were presented using absolute numbers, proportions, table and figure.The finding of these result revealed that the prevalence of sexual violence is 41.6% in Aman high school female students from these, 5.1% were attempted rape and 9% were completed rape. The prevalence of sexual harassment(36.4%) which is unwelcome touch on sensitivity body part (5.1%), unwelcome kiss (0.9), unwelcome remark (9.8%), fondling(3.8%), kidnapping(1.3%). Based on this finding the prevalence of sexual violence among female high school students is high. Therefore, the school administrative should prepare awareness creation programs through establishing clubs (gender club) that target against sexual violence. Keywords: Sexual violence, Female high schools, Students, Ethiopia.
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Asrat Meleko
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