Women’s rights activist Karen de Souza on Thursday made a call for an end to the “widespread” sexual harassment in the nation’s public service.
Testifying on behalf of Red Thread before the Commission of Inquiry into the public service, de Souza said workplace policies and enforcement of these policies will go some way towards addressing sexual harassment, which must be addressed as a matter of urgency.
The Prevention of Discrimination Act, de Souza said, recognises sexual harassment in law as unwanted conduct of a sexual nature in the workplace or in connection with performance or work which is threatened or imposed as a condition of employment on the employee.
“We have to have workplace policies which protect workers from this serious deviance.
