N.Asha Devi, et al.,

Sexual harassment | work place | abuse | women

Volume: 5; Issue: 3; March-2019 | ISSN: 2454-5422

The United Nations General Assembly defines “violence against women” as “any act of
gender-based violence that results in physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women
whether occurring in public or in private life”. Sexual harassment includes such unwelcome
sexually determined behaviour as physical contact and any other verbal or non-verbal
conduct of sexual nature. In India, nearly 10 million girls are bon ever year and they are
biological stronger that boys. But then, about 25% die before their 15th birthday because of
female foeticide, female infanticide, malnutrition, under nourishment, bias in health care, maternal mortality, victims of sexual exploitation and molestation. This paper “sexual
harassment at work place and self protecting techniques” deals about the definitions of sexual
harassment at work place, types of sexual harassment bills passed against sexual harassment
in India and which places are consider work place and self protecting techniques for women.