International and National perspective of Sexual Harassment at Work

Sexual harassment is a hazard encountered in workplaces across the world that reduces the quality of working life jeopardizes the well-being of women and men undermines gender equality and imposes costs on firms and organizations. This book provides an overview of what is being done to prevent and combat workplace sexual harassment at international level and in countries across the world. It reviews international standards and national legislation; the activities of governments employers’ and workers’ organizations and NGOs; and workplace policies and programmes. This book does not provide an exhaustive account of these measures but instead attempts to identify the main approaches being taken to highlight dominant trends and to single out best practices. This book shows that sexual harassment has been the subject of a broad range of measures since the late 1970s. At the international level it has been addressed as both an aspect of gender discrimination and as a form of violence against women. Law graduates lawyers and general public would find this book useful.