@article{ref1,
title="Harassment against female, some facts from Egypt",
journal="Egyptian journal of forensic sciences and applied toxicology",
year="2022",
author="Abdel Fattah, Amani and Hamed, Sara and Soliman, Fatma and Ramadan, Nazih",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="11-21",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Sexual harassment is not only the most prevalent form of violence against women, but also the most abrasive. Women are harassed in their jobs, schools, universities and even at homes. <br><br>METHODology: A convenience sampling method was used to recruit 900 Egyptian females (between 15 and 60 years old), after giving expressed oral consent, using a prepared questionnaire included 10 questions about knowledge, type and response to harassment. Participants were divided into two groups; group A of 500 female patients of non-medical background seeking medical advice in Kasr-Alainy hospital and Group B of 400 medical student females. Epidemiological data of the participants were collected including age, marital status, residency, education and status of work. <br><br>RESULTS: the study showed that the verbal type of harassment was the commonest type (70%), school or street were the most common places of exposure (84%), the perpetrator wasn't known to the victim in (97%). 75.1% of physical violence claims were in the form of simple wounds. Police service against harassment was known only to (62 %) and only (11%) of victims tried to contact police. <br><br>CONCLUSION: the safety of women requires a multi-disciplinary preventive strategy, awareness about different types of violence against women is a very important initial step, improving women's access to resources, and increasing the role of anti- harassment units in police as well as many universities in Egypt. <br><br>KEYWORDS: harassment, female, Egyptian, violence<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1687-0875",
doi="10.21608/ejfsat.2021.48350.1175",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ejfsat.2021.48350.1175"
}