This presentation discusses sexual harassment in the workplace in Bangladesh. It defines sexual harassment and outlines its negative impacts. It also provides an overview of the female workforce participation in Bangladesh. Some key points made include:
- Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors in exchange for benefits, obscene comments or behaviors that create a hostile environment.
- The objectives of the study are to assess the current situation of sexual harassment, its impact on women workers, and ways to reduce it while maintaining women's economic contributions.
- Sexual harassment has consequences like loss of productivity, mental health issues, lost independence, and in some cases, suicide. It negatively impacts society and the national economy.
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Definition of Sexual Harassment
Unwelcome sexual advances
Request for sexual behavior in exchange
of some advances
Any obscene verbal comment
sexually explicit emails or SMS messages
obscene physical conduct that can create
a hostile or offensive environment.
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The objectives of Our study
To assess the current situation of sexual
harassment in Bangladesh.
Sexual harassment impact on woman
worker and workplace.
Woman contribution in our economy
though harassment occurs.
Finally, find out way to reduce sexual
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Overview of women
workforce in Bangladesh
The literacy rate of women is 55.1%
Education rate is 30.8%
Women in labor force is 57.2% of total
women.
Women are 15% of the total labor force in
Bangladesh
The occupation of women in parliament is
19.7%.
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Participation of female workforce
In agriculture 64.84%
Manufacturing 11.77%
Transportation & Communication 1.51%
Trade Hotel & Restaurant 6.34%
Finance, Business & Services 13.69%
Construction 1.40
Electricity 0.03%
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The types problems women
facing in workplace
Sexual harassment
Discriminatory action toward the women
Discriminatory paying policy
Lack of family support
Poor security
Insufficient maternity leaves
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What is Sexual harassment in
workplace
Female workers are irritated by the male colleagues
Obscene attitude toward the female workers
Hampering the privacy of female workers in
workplace
Female workers are forced by the seniors to join
illegal relation
gossiping obscene jokes before female workers
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Consequences of sexual harassment
Losing freedom
Suffering from mental depression
Losing productivity
Cannot continue work-life
Losing financial independency
National income falls down
Affected social morality
Sometimes committing suicide
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Reasons behind the sexual
harassment in workplace
Lack of morality
Impure mentality
Lack of accountability for doing offence
Misuse of authority
Faulty law
Faulty attitude toward female worker
Carelessness of women workers
Lack of decency of women workers
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Impact of SH on womens
contribution to national income
Leaving of women worker the workplace
Half of the population become detached from
national production
Total GDP & GNP decreasing
National income starts to go to the recessionary stage
Investment will not be done as much as needed
Aggregate demand reducing
Them total economic system is constrained with
vicious cycle.
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Recommendations for SH
Establishment of strong anti-harassment policy
Train the employees morality
Including at the primary level morale education
Passed a updated law
Screening out negligent hiring from pool of
candidates
Training the women employees the technique of
self-protection
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Recommendations for SH
Our last and final recommendation is to follow Quran
and Hadid-
Allah has said in Sura-Noor, Verse-30&31..
say to the believing men to keep down their looks .
say to the believing women to keep down their looks
..and not to display your body to the other people.
we believe that this is original solution for us to
prevent sexual harassment from our society for ever
and to protect our generation from moral
destruction