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32 Dhaka Univ. L.J. 103 (2021)
Laws against Sexual Harassment: Analyzing the Legal Framework of Bangladesh

handle is hein.journals/dkauvylw32 and id is 397 raw text is: © Dhaka University Law Journal, 2021, 32(2), 103-118 doi: https://doi.org/10.3329/dulj.v32i2.57960 Laws against Sexual Harassment: Analyzing the legal framework of Bangladesh Taslima Yasmin* 1. Introduction Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual conduct1 that can extend from comments on what one is wearing to physical assaults such as rape. It is a category of gender- based violence (GBV) predominantly perpetrated against women throughout the world, especially girls, which prejudices their capacities and contribution in public life, especially in education and in work. Sexual harassment expresses and reinforces inequalities of power.2 Inequalities based on race, ethnicity, immigration status, age, disability and sexual orientation, among other factors, also contribute to structuring the hierarchy of power and therefore to the perpetration of sexual harassment and its redress.3 As defined in the United Nations Secretary-General's bulletin (2008): Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favour, verbal or physical conduct or gesture of a sexual nature, or any other behaviour of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation to another, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. While typically involving a pattern of behaviour, it can take the form of a single incident. Sexual harassment may occur between persons of the opposite or same sex. Both males and females can be either the victims or the offenders.4 In Bangladesh, sexual harassment has become one of the major challenges that women face. With more women working outside the domestic household and Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka. Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the M _rns of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 License /h , up s:&reaiomrmons.org/_ice ,nses/bync/4.0/), which permits' non-commercial use, reproduction and dis rihution of ihe work withowu firther permission provided the original work is properly cited. UN Women, Towards an end to sexual harassment: The urgency and nature of change in the era of #metoo (November 2018) < https://www.itstopsnow.org/sites/default/files/Towards-an-end-to-sexual- harassment-en.pdf> accessed 7 January, 2022. 2 United Nations, UN Position Paper on Sexual Harassment Legislation in Bangladesh (2019). 3 UN Women (n 1). 4 United Nations Secretariat, Secretary-General's Bulletin (11 February 2008) <https://unctad.org/en/ Docs/STsgb2008d5_en.pdf> accessed 23 December, 2021.

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