Sexual Harassment against Female Students in Senior High Schools in the Techiman Municipality of Bono East Region of Ghana
Keywords:
female senior high school students, knowledge level, Techiman Municipality, sexual harassmentAbstract
This study investigated sexual harassment of female students in Senior High Schools in the Techiman Municipality, Bono East Region, Ghana. We mainly adopted the quantitative method of analysis. The participants were chosen using a simple random sampling procedure. 720 female students were chosen from six (6) co-educational senior high schools. A questionnaire was the primary instrument used to collect data. It can be concluded, based on the findings of this study that: (i) that the majority of the participants knew about the issue of sexual harassment of female students in schools; (ii) that verbal sexual harassment was the most common form of sexual harassment; and (iii) that that victims of sexual harassment generally feel uncomfortable, stigmatised, and ashamed after being harassed. It is, therefore, imperative that school authorities and managers of the educational system take decisive steps to manage the issue of sexual harassment and its associated challenges that it presents to both victims and the social image of our educational institutions.
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