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Gender-based Violence and Its Associated Effects on Female Students: The Case of Gozamin and Nigus T/Haimanot Secondary Schools in the East Gojjam Administrative Zone, Ethiopia

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Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most prevalent human rights violations
without considering social, economic, age, ethnicity, religion and national boundaries, and which
affects the health, dignity, security and autonomy of women. This study employed a cross
sectional, mixed methods research design. The study was carried out in two secondary schools at
Debre Markos town Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, an area in the country where GBV is
widely prevalent. To take a representative sample, multistage sampling techniques were
employed. The quantitative data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and the qualitative
data analyzed through narrative analysis. 21.7% male and 78.3% female students within the
range of 15-20 years were included in the study, and the mean age of the respondents was 17.51
years. Among the total number of the study participants, 58.3% faced different forms of GBV.
However, 67.1% of GBV was committed outside the school community, 19.5% by schoolmates,
and 13.4% by teachers and other staff. Of the total number of the respondents, 39.2% had a
sexual partner. The mean age at which the respondents started their first sexual intercourse was
16.49 years, and 52.9% participate in unsafe sex. 45.8% of the respondents were unable to
negotiate when and how to have sex with their sexual partner. The age of the respondents and
their tendency to be affected by GBV (n= 120, r=.327, p=.000) had a weak positive correlation.
Their age and their tendency to have more than one sexual partner at a time had a weak negative
correlation (n=120, r=-.055). Among the study participants, 96.7% reported that friends or
strangers pushed, shook or threw something at them, 75% were slapped, and 65.8% had their
arms twisted or hair pulled. Responding to such physical violence has its own challenges, such as
the female students not knowing the males who threaten them, not knowing their addresses, a
lack of eye witnesses, and a fear of reporting.

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: Journal of International Women\'s Studies.,
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Gender Based Violence
Female Student
Physical Violence
Academic Achievement
Sexual Exploitation
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