Gautam Nirmal, Sapakota Nirmal, Shrestha Sarala, Regmi Dipika
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medical and Allied Science, Karnali College of Health Science, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Shahid Gangala National Heart Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2019 Jul 8;12:105-113. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S196230. eCollection 2019.
Sexual harassment has been recognized as a serious problem in the world. It reduces the dignity of human rights. Therefore, this study aims to identify the prevalence of sexual harassment in public transportation and its consequences on female students in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal.
A structured questionnaire was applied for collecting the data from five health science locations in the Kathmandu Valley. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify the association with sexual harassment and its determinants.
The female student who lived far away from campus (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] =9.02, 95% confidence interval [CI] =0.56, 14.03) and lived alone (AOR =10.44, 95% CI =2.83, 38.46) had more chance to be harassed. However, those students who traveled sometimes (AOR =0.01, 95% CI =0, 0.03) had a lower chance to face sexual harassment in public transportation.
Sexual harassment in public transportation was found to be significantly higher in female students who live alone and who travel more frequently in the evening. In addition, the study concluded that public vehicles are strongly associated with sexual harassment among female students in the Kathmandu Valley.
性骚扰已被公认为全球范围内的一个严重问题。它损害了人权尊严。因此，本研究旨在确定尼泊尔加德满都谷地公共交通中性骚扰的发生率及其对女学生的影响。
采用结构化问卷从加德满都谷地的五个健康科学场所收集数据。使用单变量和多变量逻辑回归模型来确定与性骚扰及其决定因素的关联。
住在离校园较远的女学生（调整后的优势比[AOR]=9.02，95%置信区间[CI]=0.56，14.03）和独自居住的女学生（AOR=10.44，95%CI=2.83，38.46）遭受骚扰的机会更多。然而，那些偶尔出行的学生（AOR=0.01，95%CI=0，0.03）在公共交通中面临性骚扰的机会较低。
研究发现，独自居住且晚上出行更频繁的女学生在公共交通中遭受性骚扰的情况明显更多。此外，研究得出结论，公共交通工具与加德满都谷地女学生中的性骚扰密切相关。
