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.

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.

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

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

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.

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iv. Policy to combat sexual harassment

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

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

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.

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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 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.

(e) To strengthen further the policy against harassment, including sexual harassment, inter alia, by ensuring the full implementation of the guidelines for its application at Headquarters and in the field

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

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

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.

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.

(i) To continue to work to strengthen further the policy against harassment, including sexual harassment, by, inter alia, ensuring the full implementation of the guidelines for its application at Headquarters and in the field

While the United Nations has a zero tolerance sexual harassment policy in place, the Secretary General is in the process of formulating a new, broader policy to encompass other forms of harassment.

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.

(f) To strengthen further the policy against harassment, including sexual harassment, by, inter alia, ensuring the full implementation of the guidelines for its application at Headquarters and in the field, including in peacekeeping operations

Humanitarian personnel are harassed and attacked.

10. Requests the Secretary General and the executive heads of the organizations of the United Nations system to ensure that recruitment strategies, promotion and retention policies, career development, justice, anti harassment and sexual harassment policies, human resources and succession planning, work family policies, management culture and mechanisms for managerial accountability accelerate the goal of 50 50 gender distribution

9. Requests the Secretary General to further develop the policy against harassment, including sexual harassment, and to issue detailed guidelines, based on the results of the comprehensive inter agency survey

Provisions regarding sexual harassment in the workplace and part time work had been included for the first time, and the duration of paid maternity leave increased.

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.

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

Equal treatment equal pay at the place of work (developments in national and community law jurisprudence)

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