Browsing by Author "Sisay Alemayehu"

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    Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation against Adolescent Girls in Some Selected Secondary Schools in Gulele Sub City, Addis Ababa.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-06) Sisay Alemayehu; Abera Tibebu (PhD)
    Online sexual abuse and exploitation against adolescent girls has risen globally, in Africa and in Ethiopia. The study examined the magnitude of online sexual abuse and exploitation against adolescent girls in selected secondary schools; identify typologies and who the potential perpetuators are. In order to investigate the magnitude of OSA among female adolescent, the researcher employed mixed research design. A sequential mixed research design was used. Quantitative and qualitative data from primary and secondary sources were collected. The target population comprised 2849 female students which were 51.87 % of the total population. 339 sample sizes with 95% confidence interval or 5% error margin were considered. A standardized questionnaire, with adequate construct validity and reliability were employed from the primary study samples. From qualitative data collection methods, focus group discussions guides and Document review checklist was used. Female students in the four Gulele Sub city secondary schools faced online sexual abuse and exploitation mostly by their peers. The result concluded that the magnitude of online sexual abuse ranges from 1.2 % to 40 % girls report as they face once form of abuse. The most reported type of on line sexual abuse against girls is Love bombing, with 132 (40 %) girls, followed by boy friending with 66 (20.5 %). The study recommends that government, schools, CRC committees, NGOs has to work in adolescents girls‟ safe internet utilization, having friendly speak up procedures, etc Key Words: Sexual abuse, online sexual abuse and exploitation, Typology of OSA