EFFECT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AFFECT STUDENTS

Abstract: This study focused on investigating the sexual harassment of students in higher learning institutions in Tanzania. The consideration of this area of the study was coherently driven by some existing facts about sexual harassment among college students in Tanzania. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to determine the types and causes of sexual harassment among the students at Zanzibar School of Health; assess the effect of sexual harassment on students at Zanzibar School of Health; and determine measures that the government and other stakeholders should take to overcome sexual harassment for students in higher learning institutions in Tanzania.

The researchers conducted the survey among the students in the Zanzibar School of Health, which included 186 respondents who completed the survey. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in this study. The study used questionnaires for students in the quantitative method by compiling, editing, coding, classifying, and tabulating the data using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics that test the hypothesis of the data before drawing a conclusion. Then the raw data from the questionnaires was entered into the SPSS version 20 program so as to be analyzed. A focused group interview in the qualitative method for lectures was applied as the main data collection instrument.

This study found out that revealed the existence of sexual harassment in students' studies in higher learning institutions. However, sexual harassment is a result of the nature and culture of male dominance. 43% of the respondents agreed that there are types of sexual harassment in learning institutions in Tanzania that students face. Also, there is a probe into the causes of sexual harassment at the Zanzibar School of Health in Zanzibar, whereby 90 (48.7%) of the respondents commented on sexual harassment in learning institutions in Tanzania. 45.6% of respondents acknowledged the existence of this problem in their institutions.

The study recommends that the approaches used to curb the problem should be reformed to fit the cultural context of the people, as some sets of behaviors indicate a need for the reformulation of policies to conform to the culture of Tanzania and Zanzibar. Also, it is advocated that a broader study be conducted to include other higher learning institutions in Tanzania and Zanzibar so as to have a wider understanding of the magnitude of sexual harassment in higher learning institutions.

Keywords: Behavior Change, Perverse, Physical Sexual Harassment, Sexual Harassment.

Title: EFFECT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AFFECT STUDENTS

Author: Rahima K Mshenga

International Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing

ISSN 2394-7330

Vol. 9, Issue 3, September 2022 - December 2022

Page No: 160-165

Novelty Journals

Website: www.noveltyjournals.com

Published Date: 29-October-2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7263000

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