Table 3

Prevalence of sexual violence during the whole trafficking period among female returnees by characteristics related to each stage of human trafficking process, Ethiopia, 2016

CharacteristicsDenominatorSexual violence
Number (%)
Predeparture stage characteristics
Age (just at departure) (years)
 14–177448 (64.9)
 18–20272188 (69.1)
 21–25275204 (74.2)
 26–495021 (44.7)
Marital status (predeparture)
 Married14185 (60.3)
 Never married498352 (70.7)
 Separated/widowed3226 (81.3)
Educational level (predeparture)
 Illiterate and/or informal education6143 (70.5)
 Elementary236175 (74.2)
 Junior202135 (66.9)
 High school15397 (63.4)
 Preparatory school and above1913 (68.4)
Residence (predeparture)
 Rural410278 (67.8)
 Urban261185 (70.9)
Travelling stage
Trafficking corridor
 Metemma Yohannes480331 (69.0)
 Moyale22/2
 Galafi180123 (68.3)
 Others*97 (77.8)
Initially smuggled
 No14691 (62.3)
 Yes525372 (70.9)
Destination/exploitation stage
Planned destination
 Sudan†282204 (72.3)
 Other Arab countries293200 (68.3)
 South Africa0-
 Europe8856 (63.6)
 Others (mainly Kenya and Djibouti)83/8
Type of job at destination
 Did not start working108/10
 Housemaid480333 (69.4)
 Agriculture132104 (78.8)
 Manufacturing and services3723 (62.2)
 Other (mining, guard, driver, sex work and so on)129/12
Restricted freedom of movement
 Absent201118 (58.7)
 Present470359 (76.4)
Detention stage
 Detained abroad
 Yes277257 (65.2)
 No394206 (74.4)
Length of detention by securities (n=810)
 2 or less weeks12495 (76.6)
 3–4 weeks10383 (80.6)
 5–13 weeks4842 (87.5)
 14 or more weeks20/2
  • *Other corridors include Bole Airport, as well as Humera, Bosasso and Gambella travelling corridors.

  • †Though their immediate destination was Sudan, a considerable number of them had plan to extend their journey to the Middle East and Europe.