Abstract

 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 makup,and wearing style and qualitative study were 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 and The tool was prepared in English, translated to Amharic, and then translated back to English to check for consistency. The data were checked for completeness, and entered using Epi Data-V.3.1, and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Then, the data were analyzed using appropriate descriptive statistics. Binary and multiple logistic regression analyses were done to identify factors associated with sexual harassment and finally, quantitative results were presented with appropriate tables and graphs as well as an odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews and six 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. An in-depth interview also affirmed that there were all forms of sexual harassment everywhere and they mention some reasons for the occurrence of incidents such as male superiority, unhealthy female waring style, and refusing questions of love.

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.

keywords: sexual, harassment, teenage, pawi, Ethiopia

• sexual
• harassment
• teenage
• pawi
• Ethiopia

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This data is 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 and The tool was prepared in English, translated to Amharic, and then translated back to English to check for consistency. The data were checked for completeness, and entered using Epi Data-V.3.1, and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Then, the data were analyzed using appropriate descriptive statistics. Binary and multiple logistic regression analyses were done to identify factors associated with sexual harassment and finally, quantitative results were presented with appropriate tables and graphs as well as an odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews and six purposively selected key informants were included and analyses were thematized manually. thedata have SPSS and report resource and can be shared by requesting Benishangul Gumuz RDMC.

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