Abuse and Harassment of Female Journalists in Karnali Authors Keshabi Kumari Joshi Mid-West University, Surkhet, Nepal DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/kmcj.v5i2.58229 Keywords: Objectification, violence, discrimination, gender, exploitation Abstract This study explores the experiences of abuse and harassment faced by female journalists in the Karnali Province. In the base of concurrent research design, mixed method was adopted in this study. For quantitative method, questionnaire was developed and online survey was conducted for data collection. For that 60 respondents were selected. Like that, for qualitative study, focus group discussion and semi-structured interviews were performed. Where 3 senior female journalists were selected for the interview and 10 victims were selected for focus group discussion. This study set up within the theoretical framework of objectification and spiral of silence. Results reveal that patriarchal societal norms contribute to the objectification of female
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