Yibeltal Tebekaw (PhD)Hiwot Wondimenw2023-12-202023-12-202022-12-20http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1130Background: - Gender-based violence is an insidious human rights issue and has public consequences. The impact of violence is beyond physical injuries; it also accounts for disability, depression, physical, and reproductive problems, and risky sexual behavior. Housemaids often come across different types of sexual abuse ranging from verbal harassment to forced sex by male members of the household, brokers, and friends. Objective: - Prevalence and associated factor of sexual violence among female housemaids attending evening schools in Kirkos sub-city of Addis Ababa, 2022. Method: - facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among female housemaid students from April 15 to May 15, 2022, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A total of 327 participated with a response rate of 95.3%. Data was collected using a closed-ended self-administered questionnaire. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 25. The Odds Ratio and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated for each independent variable against the dependent variables and the p-valueenhousemaid, sexual violence, femaleThesis