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This Is How Young Women Are Coping With Sexual Harassment at Universities
In April 2018, Rachel Njoroge Njeri reported Edward Kisuze an administrator at Makerere University to the police for sexually molesting her. He was proved guilty and suspended from Makerere University which sparked off a debate on sexual harassment by staff at Makerere University on different social media platforms. Female students in higher institutions of learning have for a long time had to endure sexual harassment which has consequently bred a culture of stigma, trauma, loss of self-esteem and poor performance among others. In Uganda, sexual harassment is one of the under-reported crimes due to the fear of being stigmatized and retaliation from the offender thus making the environment for the victim more hostile. This makes endurance a common response for…
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