Sexual Harassment Against Women in Bangladesh: An Overview on Legal Context

Abstract

The unannounced and inappropriate promise of benefits in exchange for sexual favors, as well as the use of explicit or implicit sexual overtones, is all examples of sexual harassment. This is an important subject since it is a distressing subject for women because it includes a violation of their rights.1 We live in 21st century where most of the Human Rights and other Civil & Political rights were established and developed in 14 to 18 centuries. Human rights are such rights which inalienable and develop circumstantially though ages and it is such kind of rights which doesn’t vary territorially or institutionally. Now there are quite a good numbers of Laws and regulations and treaty establishing rights of individuals in different spares of life as well as in working sectors. But my aim is on the simple concept on: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or sex. Employees are also protected from retaliation if they file a discrimination claim in the workplace under this statute. 2 We can consider this law as the key root of protection over sexual harassment on working place. And my aim is to find out what are key points of not letting this law being enforced or implemented and our generation of laws and rules.