Fitaw Yohannis, Haddis Kullehe, Million Fasil, G/Selassie Kibrom, Delil Miftah, Yohannes Muluken, Bekele Nebiyu, G/Selassie Samuel
Department of Community health, Gondar University.
Ethiop Med J. 2005 Oct;43(4):215-21.
Gender-based violence exists in all societies and individual woman experience it in every social and economic group. Different studies in Africa have showed that there are significant percentages of females that have suffered from the violence. Most societies encourage manifestation of manliness through violence in workplace, among friends and in the community as a whole.
The study tried to see the prevalence of Gender-based Violence and the various patterns and correlates of Gender-Based Violence among female high-school students, Northwest Ethiopia.
This study is a cross--sectional study done on 367 female high--school students who were given self-administered questionnaires to assess the prevalence of gender-based violence against these students in Dabat High school.
This study showed 11.4% of the students have started sexual intercourse and of these, 33.3% were raped cases. Twenty percent (20.4%) from the total of 367 students have survived attempted rape. In addition 44% of the students were sexually harassed. Among the study participants considerable proportion are mainly responsible for the housework. Around 8% of the students have undergone Female Genital Mutilation.
Generally, the prevalence of gender-based violence is high in Dabat High-School, Northwest Ethiopia and attention should be given by policy-makers and law enforcing bodies to adequately address the problem.
性别暴力存在于所有社会中，各个社会经济群体中的女性都有可能遭遇。非洲的不同研究表明，有相当比例的女性遭受过暴力侵害。大多数社会鼓励通过在工作场所、朋友之间以及整个社区中的暴力行为来展现男子气概。
本研究旨在了解埃塞俄比亚西北部女高中生中性别暴力的流行情况以及性别暴力的各种模式和相关因素。
本研究是一项横断面研究，对367名女高中生进行了调查，她们通过自行填写问卷来评估达巴特高中针对这些学生的性别暴力流行情况。
本研究显示，11.4%的学生开始了性行为，其中33.3%是强奸案例。在367名学生中，有20.4%的学生曾遭遇强奸未遂。此外，44%的学生遭受过性骚扰。在研究参与者中，相当一部分主要负责家务。约8%的学生接受过女性生殖器切割。
总体而言，埃塞俄比亚西北部达巴特高中的性别暴力发生率较高，政策制定者和执法机构应予以关注，以充分解决这一问题。
