期刊名称：International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies
电子版ISSN：1920-7298
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
期号：4.1
页码：24-43
DOI：10.18357/ijcyfs104.1201919285
出版社：University of Victoria
摘要：This study aimed at documenting the sexual harassment of Syrian female refugees in refugee camps in Jordan. A purposive sample of 187 Syrian female refugees in the Za’atari camp was selected. The results showed that the environment of the camp played an important role in motivating males to harass females owing to the weakness of the security measures and the lack of sanctions upon deviant behaviors. Our findings show that females were subjected to numerous forms of sexual harassment, including hearing sexual jokes and sexual expressions, and being subjected to suggestive looks, sexual letters, and unwanted touching. Additionally, our results revealed that participants responded to sexual harassment by keeping silent because they feared making their situation worse by provoking conflict within their families. This left the victims without protection or the chance to obtain justice.
关键词：Syrian female; sexual harassment; refugees; Jordan
