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Sexual Harassment



Sexual Harassment

Introduction

Sexual harassment at work is a new term for an old problem. Generations of women have been victims of sexual attention. Sexual harassment is not new, nor is it news now, despite thousands of women who daily suffer.

Sexual harassment at work is becoming recognized increasingly as a serious problem. Victims may be unable to raise the issue because of helplessness, fear of being ridiculed at, or worse, lose their jobs. In addition to work-related disadvantages, victims of sexual harassment may be under stress with serious consequences on physical and mental level. Businesses hugely suffer because they do not have a clear policy and procedures to address this issue. Given that women and men tend to increasingly work together at similar levels, there are numerous cases of sexual harassment that people of the same hierarchical level. In short, sexual harassment is an attack on the dignity and therefore constitutes an obstacle to the smooth functioning of a market work in which women and men work together (Blumenthal, 1998).

Discussion

Who are the victims? Generally, sexual harassment is exercised by men against women. Sexual harassment affects women regardless of their age, their relationship, their disability, and physical appearance, level of education or professional. Although sexual harassment is not exclusive to women, since men also may face, given their situation in the labor market, women are more vulnerable. Sexual harassment occurs in all countries. Both developing countries and in industrialized countries, female employment is being classified as part-time work, low pay, atypical, subcontracted, not regulated, protected, temporary or casual. No matter what designation a woman is she in some point in her life has been a victim of sexual harassment (Gutek, 1998).

Scope of International Law in USA

Internationally, it is the precedent that mediates the Convention 111 of ILO of June 25, 1958, concerning discrimination in employment. It includes in its Article 1 the concept of discrimination and includes sexual aspects while requiring the Member States the practice of a national policy preventing discrimination in employment. The first law that directly affects the issue is the resolution adopted in 1985 by the ILO in the section on "Working Conditions and Environment in work. The sexual harassment in the workplace harm the working conditions and promotion prospects of workers. Therefore, the policies that promote equality must entail the adoption of measures to combat such harassment. " In July 1985, the Second World Conference on Women was held in Nairobi, which drafted the advancement of women. As measures for the implementation of the basic strategies relating to development in the Part II provides certain measures on employment and, in particular, paragraph 139 is directed towards sexual harassment in the following terms: "We must improve hygiene occupational and safety at work and employment and should take effective measures for the protection of women and men against risks to health in certain types of job. Appropriate measures should be taken to prevent sexual harassment at work or exploitation of sex in certain ...