Assessment Of The Magnitude Of Violence Against Women Among Female Evening Students Working As Domestic Workers And Its Associated Factors In Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

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Background: Violence free environment is the one that everyone cherishes, while millions of womenrnworldwide suffer from violence against women. In most communities in Ethiopia, violence againstrnwomen is very common and considered as a private matter though it has a serious consequences for girlsrnand women. Its magnitude and impact is even worse at domestic set up especially on domestic workers,rnwhich is not studied well.rnObjective: The objective of the study is to measure the magnitude of violence against women amongrnfemale evening students working as domestic worker and its associated factors in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.rnMethods: A school based quantitative cross sectional study sequentially complimented with qualitativernin-depth interview was used. A total of 545 randomly selected female evening students working asrndomestic worker and aged 15 years and above were interviewed in May 2017. Data were entered in Epidatarnversion 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Crude and adjusted odds ratio along with 95%rnconfidence interval in binary logistic regression were used to ascertain association. Individual depthrninterview was done among 10 victims of violence. The audio information was transcribed and translated.rnThe qualitative data were coded and categorized. Thematic content analysis was then employed.rnResult: About 58.8% of evening female students experienced violence in their working lifetime, of thosern54.4% experienced it in the past 12 months. Besides, 53.6%, 33.6% and 29.6% of evening femalernstudents encountered emotional, physical and sexual violence respectively in their working life while itrnwas 47.1%, 28.8% and 21.8% respectively in the past 12 months. Evening female students who signedrnmonthly contract (AOR=4.23; 95% CI 1.38-12.96), working more than three years (AOR= 3.36; 95%rnCI:2.03-5.56) and employer (male partner) who drink alcohol (AOR=10.86; 95% CI: 5.6-21.3) werernmore likely to encounter violence compared with counterparts. Those with higher education level (AOR=rn0.43; 95% CI :0.27-0.71), emoloyed by female employers with higher educational level(AOR=0.51;rn95%CI: 0.31-0.83) were less likely to be violted. About 87.6% of domestic workers were silent despite ofrnbeing violeted. In-Depth interview finding also demonstrated the maids lived experience of withoutrndignity and with frequent violation of their basic human right.rnConclusion and recommendation: the prevalence of violence against women among domestic workerrnwas high. Educational status of employers and domestic workers, alcohol drinking practice of employers,rnwork experience and type of work agreement by domestic worker were the associated factors of violencernagainst evening female students. To overcome this violence the government should ratify the internationalrnlabour organization convention C-189. Ministry of women, children and youth affairs must enforce thernlaws to be fully implemented. Educating the community and strengthening and integrating the schoolrnGender club program is highly recommended.

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Assessment Of The Magnitude Of Violence Against Women Among Female Evening Students Working As Domestic Workers And Its Associated Factors In Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

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