Abrahams Naeemah, Mathews Shanaaz, Ramela Petunia
Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Trop Med Int Health. 2006 May;11(5):751-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01600.x.
To explore safety for girls in schools, particularly how girls perceive and negotiate dangers and risks associated with the use of toilets.
Participatory action research over a period of 3 days at three schools in South Africa. Informants were 81 girls 16 years and older, teachers and other relevant school personnel. Data were collected through focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, participant observation, mapping and photography.
Toilets had inadequate or no sanitation. Both their use and their avoidance were risky for female students and discouraged hygienic practices. Experience of sexual violence from male students and teachers was a major theme, but unrelated to school toilets. Male teachers used various strategies and opportunities to gain sexual access to the girls and previous experience of victimization prevented the girls from reporting them.
To ensure a healthy school environment that promotes gender equality, all threats to safety, including the physical and social environment, must be considered.
探讨学校中女孩的安全问题，特别是女孩如何感知并应对与使用厕所相关的危险和风险。
在南非三所学校进行了为期3天的参与式行动研究。调查对象为81名16岁及以上的女孩、教师和其他相关学校工作人员。通过焦点小组讨论、深度访谈、参与观察、绘图和摄影收集数据。
厕所卫生设施不足或根本没有。使用厕所和避免使用厕所对女学生来说都有风险，并且不利于卫生习惯的养成。来自男学生和教师的性暴力经历是一个主要问题，但与学校厕所无关。男教师利用各种策略和机会与女孩发生性行为，而以往的受害经历使女孩不敢举报他们。
为确保促进性别平等的健康学校环境，必须考虑所有安全威胁，包括物理和社会环境。
