Women in Pakistan are unaware of their rights and are victims of the workplace victim. Basic Laws regarding Sexual Harassment Every woman in Pakistan should know.

1. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Presented by:- Hiba Ejaz (2020-ag-4849)
Ayesha Shafique(2020-ag-4858 )
DEPARTMENT OF FIBER AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY

2. CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
Forms of sexual harassment
Quid pro quo Sexual harassment
How can I prevent harassment?
Laws against sexual harassment
Conclusion

3. Objectives
To increase knowledge about sexual
harassment in work, education or training
environment in order to stop its occurrence.
To define sexual harassment and promote
the understanding of what is/what
isn't sexual harassment.
To promote dialogue about sexual
harassment.

4. What is sexual harassment?
It refers to comments, gestures or physical contact of sexual nature that
are deliberate, repeated and unwelcomed.

5. WHO IS
THE
VICTIM?
• Both victim and harasser can be
either women or men.
• But most victims are women.

6. Forms of
sexual
harassment
Physical
Verbal
Visual

7. Physical
Touching
Patting , caressing or
fondling
Impeding or blocking
movement
Standing closer then
appropriate or
necessary for the work
being done
Touching or rubbing
oneself sexually around
or in a view of another
person or assault

8. Verbal form
Targeting a person
with sexual comments
and jokes
Threatening a person,
sending emails or text
messages of a sexual
nature
Making sexual
comments about
someone's clothing,
body or looks
Sexual degrading
comments used to
describe an individual
Telling rumors about a
person’s personal or
sexual life
Asking personal
question about sexual
life

9. Visual form
• Looking at someone in sexually
suggesting manner.
• Making suggestive gestures.
• Displaying pornography, sexually
suggestive pictures, cartoons and
poster.

10. Sex
discrimination
• Sex discrimination is a
Behavior. it occurs when
employment decisions are
based on an employee sex
or when an employee is
treated differently because
of his or her sex.

11. way to
bring a
good
culture
Building a respectful workplace.
appreciating and accepting diversity
respect each
bring equality

12. How can I prevent harassment
Informing employees that harassment is prohibited;
Informing
Identifying who employees should contact to discuss harassment questions or concerns;
Identifying
Assuring employees that they will not be punished for asking questions or sharing their concerns;
Assuring
Responding to harassment questions or concerns and investigating harassment complaints promptly and
effectively; and
Responding
Ensuring that managers understand their responsibility to stop, address and prevent harassment.
Ensuring

13. Quid pro
quo sexual
harassment
Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs when
an employee’s supervisor, offers that an
employee will be given raise or promotion, in
exchange for some sort of sexual favor.
It may occur when a manager threatens to
fire an employee for refusing to engage in
some type of sexual behavior.
Or when the hiring decision of the job
applicants is based upon the acceptance or
rejection of sexual advances.

14. Section 354
Assault or criminal force to woman with
intent to outrage her modesty
• This Section provides for when criminal force
is used with the intention of outraging a
woman’s modesty and states that
punishment for the same shall extend upto
two years of imprisonment, or fine, or both.

15. Section 354A
Assault or use of criminal force to woman and
stripping her of her clothes
• This Section lays down the punishment of
imprisonment for life along with a fine
for when criminal force is used to strip a
woman of her clothes, exposing her to the
public view.

16. Section 366-A
Procuration of a minor girl
• This section is concerned with when a minor
girl, below the age of eighteen, is by any
means induced to get involved in illicit sexual
intercourse, and this offence is punishable
with upto 10 years of imprisonment along
with a fine.

17. Section-509
Insulting modesty or causing sexual
harassment
• If a person insults the modesty of any
woman, utter any word, makes any sound or
gesture, or exhibits any object in any public
place, markets, public transport, street or
park, private gathering or home, he is liable
to be punished with imprisonment for three
years or with fine or with both.

18. Section 294
• . If a person does any indecent and vulgar
act in any public place, sings, recites any
vulgar song or words is liable to be punished
with imprisonment for three months or
with fine or with both.

19. Section-3
Protection against
Harassment of women at
Workplace Act, 2010
• According to the Section 3, of the Protection
against Harassment of women at Workplace
Act, 2010, every organization has
to constitute an Inquiry Committee to
inquire into complaints made against
workplace harassment. And committee shall
consist of three members of whom at least
one member should be a woman.

20. Prevention
of Electronic
Crimes Act-
2016
• If any person intentionally and publicly displays of transmitting
any information to harm the reputation or privacy of any
person including female, is liable to be punished with
imprisonment for three years or with fine or with both under
the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016.
• or to get revenge or to create hatred or to blackmail is liable to
be punished with imprisonment for five years or with fine
which may extend to five million rupees or with both .
• A person commits the offence of cyber stalking if he harasses
any female through internet by following her or attempts
to contact to foster personal interaction repeatedly despite a
clear indication of disinterest by such female.
• If a person takes a photograph or make a video of any female
and display or distribute it without her consent in a manner
that harms a female is liable to be punished with
imprisonment of three years or with fine which may extend to
one million rupees or with both under section 24 .

21. Conclusion
• After reading these laws, I am sure that you would be feeling
confident. Women in Pakistan are not helpless by law but
they are just unaware. Once these laws will get popular
among the ladies, they will feel confident to move in this
society because no one would try to sexually abuse them.
Sexual Harassment criminals are so bold just because of the
reason that they feel no one can charge them any penalty for
their acts. Once they will have the fear of being charged,
they will not even think of making such illegal acts.

22. Related links
• https://stopharassmentnow.org/women-sexual-harassment-laws-
pakistan/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment#:~:text=Sexual%20
harassment%20is%20a%20type,to%20sexual%20abuse%20or%20ass
ault.
• https://au.reachout.com/articles/what-is-sexual-harassment

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