Table 4.

Categories for the Open Free-Text Comments and Illustrating Examples.

Category	Examples of free text comments
Disrespect	“Sexual harassment is a bad act to our societies. Give people discomfort in their life, sometime lead to suicide after getting psychological torture” “This is a bad act in any societies. It needs to be destroyed because it embarrasses women” “Nursing profession is a good job. But I see people are over underrating us more in health facilities. Other professions like doctors and pharmacist take us as a sexual tool” “Doctors asking for intercourse and forcing us to have intercourse” “I kept on thinking that those who did these things didn´t respect me or they lowered my value”
Stigmatization and fear	“Because it looks to be a normal thing in this profession. So, you handle it yourself” “Some of the staff member like me are not interested to expose things like this”. “When I was a girl (24 years) one senior doctor used to admire me attempted to approach me to sexual relation. I was very afraid as he was almost the same age as my father. I used to escape him and when he was on duty, I was worried, especially during the night shift. I avoided being alone and never walked into his office. It took time but finally he gave up following me”
Knowledge and education	“Most people don´t know much about SH and their rights. There is a need of talking about it so everyone can understand what SH is” “Education to staff about SH and if it happens where to report it. And action against the person responsible for the act should be taken” “People should be given education about the impacts/effects of sexual harassment. This should include people from both town and in remote areas”