PREVALENCE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ON ADOLESCENT GIRL STUDENTS IN NEPAL

Objectives: The aim of the study was to explore the situation of sexual harassment among the adolescent girl students in Rupandehi district of Nepal. Method: Concurrent mix method was applied in the study. Total 402 adolescent school girls were selected for quantitative study. Five focus group discussion (FGD), four key informant information (KII) and seven in-depth interviews (IDI) were carried out for qualitative study. The quantitative data were analyzed in IBM SPSS 20. The qualitative data were transcribed manually and triangulated with quantitate data. Results: Higher prevalence (89%) of sexual harassment have been found in the studied group. The verbal types of harassments were most common (68.5%) among the victim. Conclusion: Sexual harassment was a common on the girl students at Rupandehi district and they were suffering from different types of sexual harassment. Among the different level of sexual harassment, less severe types of sexual harassments were more common than moderate severe level and most severe types of sexual harassments.