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Background: Sexual harassment on public transport is an everyday occurrence for millions of girls and women around the globe. With the skyrocketing population of Kathmandu valley public transport has been facing enormous pressure. The major victims of these harassments happens to be college going girls and working women as they tend to travel more...
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... about precautionary methods majority didn't used any of the methods (36.8%) whereas 32.6% preferred avoiding going out at night, 21.6% preferred to stop wearing clothes that might seem provocative whereas 18.8% carried self defensive items such as safety pin and pepper spray. (Table 4). ...Similar publications
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