Sexual Harassment and Associated Factors Among Teenage Females in Pawi District, Beneshagul Gumuz Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021

Bidika Sarika; Alemi Kebede; Birtukan Edilu; Meseret Lalo

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Sexual Harassment and Associated Factors Among Teenage Females in Pawi District, Beneshagul Gumuz Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021

Bidika Sarika, Alemi Kebede, Birtukan Edilu, Meseret Lalo

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Background: Sexual harassment can be defined as unwelcome and unwanted sexual advances desires for sexual favor, and verbal, non-verbal, or physical contact of a sexual nature that creates a hostile or offensive environment. Sexual harassment occurs anywhere commonly in schools and teenage females faced psychological, social, and environmental problems. Few studies have been performed in Ethiopia related to sexual harassment, but some variables were, not included in the previous study like body makeup, and wearing style, and qualitative study was not included and also there is no baseline information on sexual harassment and possible risk factor in this study area. Objective: This study is aimed to assess sexual harassment and associated factor among teenage females of Pawi district Benishangul Gumuz Northwest Ethiopia in 2021. Method: Community-based cross-sectional study supplemented by qualitative was conducted in Pawi district Benishangul Gumuz Northwest Ethiopia from April 30 2021 to May 30, 2021. The study includes 422 teenagers female and a simple random sampling technique was used to select study participants. Data entered using Epi Data-V.3.1 and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with purposively selected key informants were included and analyses were thematized manually. Result: The prevalence of sexual harassment among teenagers females of the pawi district within twelve months was 185 (44%). Residence (rural) AOR =[1.717 95%CI (1.117-2.639)], marital status (single) AOR=3.158 95%CI (1.268-7.864), current living status (alone) AOR=[4.701 95%CI (1.268-17.431], alcohol consumption AOR=[4.533 95%CI (2.311-8.890)], having body makeup AOR=[1.967 95%CI (1.178-3.284)], and having a boyfriend AOR=[3.242 95%CI (1.798-5.844)] has positive significant association with sexual harassment. Conclusion and recommendation: The sexual harassment among teenage females in the pawi district was 44%. Furthermore, being single/unmarried, living in a rural area, current living status (alone), alcohol consumption, and having a boyfriend were significantly associated with sexual harassment. Therefore government and the community need to work together to minimize sexual harassment and create a safe environment for teenage females.

Published in	Social Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ss.20211006.24
Page(s)	376-385
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Sexual Harassment, Teenage, Pawi, Ethiopia

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Bidika Sarika

Pawe Health Science College, Pawe, Ethiopia
Alemi Kebede

College of Health Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
Birtukan Edilu

College of Health Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
Meseret Lalo

College of Health Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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Bidika Sarika, Alemi Kebede, Birtukan Edilu, Meseret Lalo. Sexual Harassment and Associated Factors Among Teenage Females in Pawi District, Beneshagul Gumuz Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021. Soc Sci. 2021;10(6):376-385. doi: 10.11648/j.ss.20211006.24

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AU  - Alemi Kebede
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AU  - Meseret Lalo
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