Creating a Workplace that Supports Women Safety

Gender-based harassment, violence, and discrimination are pervasive practices affecting millions of female workers worldwide. Consider the following statistics:

• In Bengaluru, the hub of India’s high-tech industry, 60% of women workers in the garment industry reportedly faced intimidation and violence while on the job; nearly 15% of female workers said that they have faced sexual violence in hostile workplaces.
• More than 50% of British female workers have faced sexual harassment at work.
• 38% of women surveyed in the United States said they were sexually harassed at the workplace.