SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE
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2019
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UMT.Lahore
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Sexual harassment on women has been a recorded reality in history. Women have always been part of the subjected issue since ages and have faced it even by of their closest family member and also from unknown society members. The study is designed to identify the perceptions of female lawyers as regards to “workplace harassment in the legal profession in the Bar Association in Lahore.” The main aim of the study is to explore awareness of lawyers and dissemination of awareness by lawyers as regards to “The Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2010” in female lawyers of the Lahore Bar Association. The study design is qualitative research. The study uses purposive sampling and in-depth interviews are conducted with 6 female lawyers and the findings show that women are subject to an unsafe working environment which has an effect on mental and physical health in any profession. It also recommends that females have a place in any workplace that impacts their psychological and physical wellbeing. It likewise recommends that sexual harassment is an exceedingly terrible type of violence against women. The findings indicate the seriousness of the issue. It was recommended during interviews that sexual harassment policies and law should be subsequently improved so that the sexual harassment can be reduced.