Magnitude of Physical and Sexual Violence among Eritrean Women Refugee Living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the Year 2022
Keywords:
Magnitude, sexual violence, Physical violenceAbstract
Physical and sexual violence is seen as a complex and sensitive issue to engage with, are covered in silence, and have all led to inaction. This study is intended to fill the gap on the availability data on magnitude physical and sexual violence, where limited researches had been conducted focusing mainly on urban women refugee in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study aimed to determine the magnitude of physical and sexual violence based on cross-sectional study. It was conducted on sample of 427 Eritrean refugee women living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Systematic sampling was used to select the sample unit from the study population. Among the women refugee respondents 59% (95%CI 54.2-63.7) reported that they were physically violated. Among physically violated 87.3% were slapped. Pushed, shoved and pulled. Partner physical violence is 15.2% while non-partner physical violence is 43.8%. Magnitude of Sexual violence is 55.7% with (95% CI 50.9-60.5).Among the sexually violated 94.4% were responded as touched; kissed and insulted. The Magnitude of physical and sexual violence in Eritrean refugees in Addis Ababa is so high. Overall knowledge of prevalence of sexual and physical violation will help to study further researches to study the risk factors and then to prevent it.
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