Prevalence of sexual violence among students of the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia, 2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.126Keywords:
Sexual violence, sexual harassment, adolescent, universities, social powerAbstract
Objective: Identifying the prevalence of sexual violence (SV) during university life among students of the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, during the second semester of 2010, and to describe its characteristics.
Materials and methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Population: 10,441 undergraduate students enrolled for the second academic period of 2010. Exclusion criteria: night students. Stratified random sample, keeping the percentage of students by program and gender, for a total of 128 students. Four types of variables were analyzed: demographics (gender, age, program); violence (period, type and place); assault (type of assailant, force); and actions taken by the victims (reporting, response). The results are presented as proportions with their respective 95% Confidence Intervals.
Results: 128 surveys were conducted involving 26 of the 33 programs offered at the University. A total of 17 students (13%; 95% CI: 8-20%) reported the occurrence of one or more violent sexual events during their university life. The most frequent type of sexual violence was harassment (28 episodes), considered mild or verbal in 70% of cases. There were 2 cases of rape. Of the victims, 37% reported the event, and one person received treatment.
Conclusion: Sexual violence is a problem found also in the university world. It does not only affect females but also males, it is found in its different forms (ranging from mild harassment to rape), and constitutes a violation of the students’ sexual rights. In most cases, the victims have to deal with their pain in silence.
Author Biographies
Salomé Hinojosa-Millán
Dayan Carolina Vallejo-Rodríguez
Yeinson Nabor Gallo-Gómez
Laura Natalia Liscano-Fierro
Ricardo Gómez-Ossa
References
Defensoría del Pueblo, Profamilia. Módulo de la A a la Z en Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos para funcionarios y funcionarias con énfasis en violencia intrafamiliar y violencia sexual. Colombia: Torreblanca; 2007.
República de Colombia. Ministerio de la Protección Social. Resolución 412 de 2000.
República de Colombia. Congreso de la República. Artículo 212, Código Penal. Visitado 2011 Nov 8. Disponible en: http://www.colombiaya.com/Documentos-legislatura/Codigo-Penal-Colombiano.pdf
República de Colombia. Congreso de la República. Artículos 43 y 44, Constitución Política de Colombia de 1991. Bogotá: El Congreso. Visitado 2011 Nov 8. Disponible en: http://web.presidencia.gov.co/constitucion/index.pdf
República de Colombia. Congreso de la República. Ley 1329 de 2009. Visitado 2011 Nov 8. Disponible en: https://www.mincomercio.gov.co/descargar.php?idFile=2351
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses. Delitos Sexuales en Colombia; 2008. p. 158-59.
Moreno-Cubillos CL, Osorio-Gómez LS, Sepulveda-Gallego LE. Violencia sexual contra las estudiantes de la Universidad de Caldas (Colombia): estudio de corte transversal. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol 2007;58:116-23.
Instituto Social y Político de la Mujer. Acoso sexual. Visitado 2011 Sept 11. Disponible en: www.ispm.org.ar
Vizcarra B, Balladares E. Prevalencia de abuso sexual en una muestra de jóvenes universitarios chilenos. Interamerican Journal of Psychology 2003;37:51-65.
Lehrer JA, Lehrer EL, Oyarzún PB. Violencia sexual en hombres y mujeres jóvenes en Chile: resultados de una encuesta (año 2005) a estudiantes universitarios. Rev Med Chile 2009;137:599-608.
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses. Informe Forensis, Datos para la vida. Bogotá: El Instituto; 2009.
Aguilar A, Salcedo M. Caracterización de la violencia sexual en adolescentes de 10 a 19 años. Colomb Med 2008;39:356-63.
Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU). Programa de Acción. Informe de la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Población y el Desarrollo. El Cairo, Nueva York; 1994.
How to Cite
Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
| Article metrics | |
|---|---|
| Abstract views | |
| Galley vies | |
| PDF Views | |
| HTML views | |
| Other views | |
