Truecaller today released the most comprehensive Truecaller Insights report to date.
Appalling headline right? This insight has been released by Truecaller, courtesy of research conducted by Ipsos. In a bid to understand the impact of harassment calls & SMSs for women in Kenya and several other countries (including India, Brazil, Egypt and Colombia), the report reveals that 1 out of 5 women in Kenya receive harassment and nuisance calls and SMSs.
Check out these are the key findings from the report:
- Sexual and inappropriate calls are most common among women in Nairobi, where 1 out of 5 women receive this type of communication.
- 47% of all the sexual harassment calls/SMS comes from inmates in Kenya, while 53% come from unknown people. The fact that the harassers are selecting women at random to harass is perplexing and irritating! What’s the point?!
- Despite it being common for women to receive sexual or inappropriate calls/SMS, there’s a disconcertingly low percentage of women who think these types of calls constitute harassment. In fact only 11% of all women who have received sexual harassment calls/SMSs consider it as harassment.
- Women in urban areas are being the most affected by sexual harassment calls/SMS. The top most affected areas are: Nairobi, Mombasa, Kiambu and Nakuru
- Only 2 out of 10 women in Kenya have taken action against harassment calls, and even fewer ever report this to the authority (6%). For Kenyan women, with little support from authorities and local attitudes, harassment often has to be severe before women speak out. The most common actions against harassment calls are:
49% blocked the number
40% ignored the calls/SMS
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32% called their operator for help
29% told the harasser to stop
6% reported to authorities
The research reveals that harassment elicits strong reactions from women, anger and irritation being the most common feelings, not to mention fear and worry!