Protection against harassment in the workplace

(a) Sexual harassment in the workplace

As for sexual harassment in the workplace, the provisions of the Penal Code criminalize sexual harassment and impose a stiffer penalty where such harassment is perpetrated against women in the workplace.

As for sexual harassment in the workplace, there are legal provisions that criminalize sexual harassment and impose a stiffer penalty where such harassment is perpetrated against women in the workplace.

Sexual harassment in the workplace was not covered by the 1992 Labour Code.

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What measures have been taken or implemented to combat sexual harassment at work?

(f) Awareness raising campaigns and training programmes to encourage the reporting and elimination of sexual harassment in the workplace.

The Government machinery does not routinely collect statistics on sexual harassment at the workplace.

The Committee is concerned that no legislation exists to criminalize sexual harassment in the workplace.

In order to ensure stronger enforcement of the Labour Protection Act, and to strengthen the sexual harassment provisions, it is necessary that cases on sexual harassment at workplace be reported as well as directed to responsible organizations or agencies.

According to Amnesty International, they were the most frequent victims of sexual harassment, especially in the workplace.

The Committee urges MSAR to consider enacting legislation to criminalize sexual harassment in the workplace.

There needed to be stronger measures to ensure equal pay for women and to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.

States parties should include in their reports information on sexual harassment, and on measures to protect women from sexual harassment and other forms of violence or coercion in the workplace.

The Division also held 1,326 inspections of workplaces regarding the publication of the code of practice in accordance with the Sexual Harassment Law.

In 2000 the Working Conditions Act was evaluated with regard to sexual harassment, aggression, violence and bullying in the workplace.

In particular, laws were needed to fight trafficking in women, violence against women and sexual harassment in the workplace.

7.2 Please indicate if it contains a provision on marital rape and on sexual harassment beyond the workplace.

Ms. Gabr, referring to article 11, asked for further information regarding Government action to prevent harassment in the workplace, including details of the anti harassment policy for the civil service.

Many complaints received under this Program relate to women who are sexually harassed in their work environment, particularly when they work as domestic servants.

Benin had no legal text that defined sexual harassment in the workplace, although mention was made of it in the draft Criminal Code.

Further to the evaluation report into sexual harassment published in March 2000, a second evaluation will be carried out in 2004 into the functioning and effectiveness of current legislation in the area of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Did Benin in fact have a clear definition of workplace sexual harassment, and was it developing any policies to deal with it?

Humanitarian personnel are harassed and attacked.

Sexual harassment in the workplace was being dealt with vigorously through information campaigns and the promulgation of a new code in 2002.

For example, 53.6 per cent of respondents said that they had experienced such harassment in the workplace.

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For its part the Ministry of Women Development has initiated work on a Code of Conduct for Gender Justice at the Work Place. It aims at creating environment free of harassment for workingwomen.

The policy for combating sexual harassment in the workplace will be continued, and the possibility of applying the regulations in new areas will be considered.

As for sexual harassment beyond the workplace, if the act is considered a rape, the defendant must be punished according to the Criminal Law.

On the other, it relates to more than just sex specific violence (sexual harassment, aggression and bullying at the work safety at school).

Marital rape and sexual harassment in the workplace were defined as crimes for the first time, and severe life sentences were provided for perpetrators of honour crimes.

There seemed to be an increase in sexual harassment in the workplace, but there was no indication of any action taken to counteract that phenomenon on the part of the Government.

Noting further that the action plans for the protection and promotion of women include the issue of sexual harassment, the Government was asked to provide information on the results achieved in implementing these plans as to the effective protection of sexual harassment in the workplace.

One study conducted by an NGO shows sexual harassment in the workplace is widespread and no profession is immune.

Frequently, they experience sexual harassment in the workplace, suffer more and longer unemployment, and continue to bear the largest burden of family responsibilities.

As sexual harassment scandals in Hollywood came to light last October, women have set off a wave of anti sexual harassment and anti sexual harassment in the workplace.

Female work force is easily available, is not in the position to choose among jobs, and is ready to work for small compensation, often getting exposed to their owners' physical and sexual harassment.

Hence, the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has set up the Pachabodi Center' as a hotline center for receiving complaints, which includes those concerning sexual harassments at workplace.

49. The matters brought to the attention of the Office of the Special Adviser can be classified as follows appointments and promotions under the special measures for women transfers between duty stations for family reasons harassment in the workplace sexual harassment placements under the staff redeployment programme delays in the appeals process.

The Division also participated in the Inter Agency Working Group for Harassment that developed an interactive training on anti harassment for United Nations staff, to be disseminated in 2005.

conducted a research on the theme of sexual harassment within university institutions and trade unions.

As to formulate practical measures against sexual harassment at workplace, the working group, comprising specialists and committees from every sector, has been established by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security in order to analyze the problems of sexual harassment at work, which include broadening its definition to cover all forms of acts (i.e. verbal, physical, emotional) that may be regarded as sexual harassment and violation of women's rights and dignity.

(3) holding of two events First National Encounter of Working Women, Maternity Protection for trade unionism with gender equity and against sexual harassment and violence in the workplace.