While 45% of the respondents claimed that they had not witnessed sexually provocative jokes by a teacher, 11% said they were uncertain or could not recall if they had seen it when they were in school.
The nationwide survey by the Centre for Governance and Political Studies (Cent-GPS) in collaboration with the All-Women’s Action Society (Awam) had asked 1,056 women aged between 18 and 30 if they had experienced sexual harassment in their day-to-day lives.
In a statement on the survey results, Cent-GPS said most of the women reported being sexually-harassed regularly while doing simple daily activities.
Some 57% of the women said they were verbally harassed on a regular basis while walking on the streets, 22% said they had been harassed once, 14% said they had never been harassed, and 7% said they did not know.
The findings also indicate that 71% of the women have had to change their travel routes or daily routines to avoid sexual harassment.
Meanwhile, 68% of women said they did not feel safe driving alone at night while 57% reported having experienced unwanted touching on the knee or lower back.
When asked whether they had felt unsafe while being treated by a male doctor, 37% said yes, 11% were uncertain, and 52% said no.
Of the 1,056 women surveyed, 52% said they did not feel safe going to the cinema alone.
Meanwhile, 21% said they had been followed to their cars at least once, while 25% said they had experienced being followed home. About 3% reported having experienced both more than once.
When asked whether they had been victims of unwanted touching or sexual provocation from a family member, 18% said yes, 3% did not know, while 79% said no.
Around 30% of the women surveyed said they regularly received unwanted sexual messages on social media.
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