Published Date: Oct 15, 2019

84% of the women and girls respondents from seven cities in Bangladesh face sexually abusive language’-is shown by a study conducted by ActionAid Bangladesh. Total of 54.7 percent women living in urban areas of Bangladesh face violence including physical, psychological, financial, social violence as well as unwanted touches from strangers. Also the lack of effective measures to address sexual harassment at workplaces fail to keep women safe. The presence of an effective mechanism to address sexual harassment against women at workplaces is still not visible.

To address sexual harassment again women:

Every organization should design specific training programs addressing sexual harassment at workplaces for employees as well as for the management authorities/employers.