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    Correlates of Sexual Violence Among Female Domestic Servants in Addis Ababa: The Case of Arada Sub-City
    (Addis Ababa University, 2009-07) Terefe, Admas; Haylemariam, Asefa (PhD)
    Women all over the world face differenr forms of violence such as physical, poychological, sexual and deprivation. The problem is even more serious and complicated in developing countries where gender issue is at its stage of infancy. Among others, sexual violence has a profound impact on the physical and mental health of women. As well as causing physical injury, it is associated with an increased risk of a range of sexual and reproductive health problems, with both long-term and immediate consequences. In particular, female domestic servants who are living in difficult circumstances need special attention on this regard. To defend these girls and women from these problems the root causes of sexual violence should be explored. In this regard, this study was explored the correlates of sexual violence among female domestic servants in Arada Sub-City, Addis Ababa. The main purpose of this study was to explore the correlates of sexual violence among female domestic servants. Besides, it was concerned to assess the prevalence of sexual violence among them and their disclosure status. This cross-sectional study employed multistage cluster sampling technique to identify the sample population. It also used primary data collected using structured questionnaire and complementary focus group discussion (FGD) to test the formulated hypothesis. Finally, descriptive statistics were generated to determine the prevalence and context of sexual victimization experienced by female domestic servants, and logistic regression model was used to identify the associated risk factors. Among the 815 female domestic servants interviewed, 59.9 percent were ever harassed and 42.6 percent experienced sexual harassment in the current year. The prevalence of life time attempted and completed rape was reported to be 44.6 percent and 33.4 percent respectively. Besides, 23.3 percent and 16.3 percent respectively experienced attempted and completed rape for the current year. Only 11.6 percent of the victims disclosed the incidents they faced to other people or police immediately and 17.2 percent disclosed at or after the incidents occurred. In this respect, 97.1 percent of the victims were perpetrated by the people they knew.The study depicted that Sexual violence in the current year was significantly associated with female domestic servants' age, childhood sexual abuse, witnessing violence, income, living arrangement, sexual experience, age at first sex , current marital status, work experience and their altitude towards forced sex .. Based on the findings of the study, it can be concluded that a substantial proportion of female domestic servants in the sample reported experiences of rape, attempted rape or other forms of forced sexual contact, indicating a need for formulating relevant employment policies and specific laws concerning female domestic servants. Besides, raise the awareness of female domestic servants, the justice personnel and the society concerning the devastating nature of sexual violence and establishing counseling and victims support service centers to minimize the problem.