Table 1.

Sexual harassment prevalence, timing and changes relative to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions among AGYW, 2020 (n=612)

	Weighted % (n)
Experienced in past 12 months	18.1 (118)
Timing relative to COVID-19 restrictions; among those who experienced past-year sexual harassment (n=118)
Pre-COVID-19 only	14.6 (11)
Post- COVID-19 only	18.8 (20)
Both time periods	66.6 (87)
Changes in occurrence since COVID-19 restrictions; among those who experienced sexual harassment both prior to and during COVID-19 restrictions (n=87)
No change	44.7 (41)
Decreased occurrence	20.5 (17)
Increased occurrence	34.9 (29)
Overall increase in sexual harassment since COVID-19 restrictions began, among those who experienced past-year sexual harassment* (n=118)
Increase	42.0 (49)
No increase	58.0 (69)

*New or increased sexual harassment since March 2020.

AGYW, adolescent girls and young women.