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Survey Paper | Education Management | India | Volume 5 Issue 5, May 2016

A Review of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace in the International Documents

Leila Ateffakhr

Abstract: Sexual harassment is a violation of ones freedom and personal integrity. Sexual harassment includes such unwelcome sexually determined behavior as physical behavior and advances, sexually colored remarks, showing pornography and sexual demands, whether by words or actions. Sexual harassment can ruin the victims life. Historically, sexual harassment is seen as perpetrated by men in possession of power (physical, political and economic) against women. So the UN has taken several initiatives to protect of women at the workplace such as the International Labor Organization 1919 (ILO

Keywords: women, workplace, international documents, protection, sexual harassment

Edition: Volume 5 Issue 5, May 2016,

Pages: 1874 - 1876

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