PENGETAHUAN PEKERJA WANITA MENGENAI KEGANASAN TERHADAP WANITA DI TEMPAT AWAM

Awareness of Female Employees Towards Violence Against Women in Public Places

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 35% of all women would experience violence. The study shows that violence against women is serious issue that not only occurs in certain communities, but also happens all over the world. This global issue becomes increasingly prevalent and requires immediate action. Based on the UN Women's Handbook for National Action Plans on Violence Against Women published in 2012, that most of the violence against women were committed by someone known to them and most cases are not reported due to internal problems or personal problems. Hence, this study will outline the understanding of female employees on violence against women in public places and then analyze the highest mean value for female employees’ level of understanding of violence against women in public places. This field-based quantitative study used survey research and applied purposive sampling by distributing questionnaire to 62 female employees who attended the course at the Trust and Security Management Division of the Department of Accountants (BPAS JAN). The data is descriptively analyzed using the 20th edition of Statistical Package for The Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings show that 75% of female employees of BPAS JAN know and understand the issue of violence against women in public places. The highest mean value is 4.7 obtained for female employees’ knowledge of violence against women is a crime, victims of violence against women are entitled to monitoring from Social Welfare Department, police station, court and medical doctors, every victim of female violence should be protected by acts of violence and proper covering of the aurat is capable of avoiding sexual harassment on women.

Abstrak

Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) melaporkan 35% daripada semua wanita akan mengalami keganasan. Kajian tersebut menyatakan keganasan terhadap wanita bukan isu remeh dan kecil yang hanya berlaku kepada sebilangan kawasan komuniti namun ia adalah isu global yang menjadi semakin berleluasa dan memerlukan tindakan segera untuk menanganinya. Berdasarkan kepada Handbook for National Action Plans on Violence Against Women terbitan UN Women pada 2012, kebanyakan keganasan terhadap wanita dilakukan oleh orang yang dikenali wanita tersebut dan kebanyakan kes tidak dilaporkan kerana masalah dalaman keluarga atau masalah peribadi. Justeru itu, kajian ini mengkaji pengetahuan pekerja wanita mengenai keganasan terhadap wanita di tempat awam dan seterusnya menganalisis nilai min tertinggi bagi tahap pengetahuan pekerja wanita mengenai keganasan terhadap wanita di tempat awam. Kajian kuantitatif secara lapangan ini menggunakan kaedah tinjauan (survey research) melalui instrumen soal selidik dan diedar secara purposive sample kepada 62 pekerja wanita yang mengikuti kursus di Bahagian Pengurusan Amanah dan Sekuriti Jabatan Akauntan Negara (BPAS JAN). Data dianalisis secara deskriptif menggunakan Statiscal Package for The Social Sciences (SPSS) versi ke-20. Hasil kajian mendapati 75% pekerja wanita BPAS JAN mengetahui dan memahami mengenai isu keganasan terhadap wanita di tempat awam. Nilai min tertinggi diperolehi sebanyak 4.7 bagi pengetahuan pekerja wanita mengenai keganasan terhadap wanita merupakan satu jenayah, mangsa keganasan wanita berhak mendapat pemantauan daripada Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat, balai polis, mahkamah dan doktor perubatan, setiap mangsa keganasan wanita wajar dilindungi oleh akta keganasan dan menjaga aurat wanita secara sempurna mampu mengelak daripada gangguan seksual ke atas wanita.