Sexual harassment in public transportation among female student in Kathmandu valley

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...

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Published in:Risk management and healthcare policy 2019-07, Vol.12, p.105-113
Main Authors: Gautam, Nirmal, Sapakota, Nirmal, Shrestha, Sarala, Regmi, Dipika
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Female employees
Gender
Harassment
Human rights
Kathmandu Valley
Local transit
logistic regression
Original Research
Public health
Public life
Public transportation
Science
Self esteem
Sex crimes
Sexual harassment
Students
Transportation industry
Violence
Women
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1179-1594
1179-1594
DOI:10.2147/RMHP.S196230