Sexual harassment against women employees at workplaces

This monograph focuses on study of sexual harassment that happens to women workers. The most disadvantaged employees in organizations around the globe were women staff. They are abused, misused, exploited and coerced to please their opposite gender supervisors, senior managers and coworkers ' sexual pleasure. Indeed, the freedom to enjoy rights, which are central to the protection and integrity of individuals worldwide, is highly limited for a vast swath of Afghan community, and especially women. Violence has always been an important part of working life. Millions of workers across all countries are scarred by it. In reality, the issue could be much worse than expected since there are indications that the prevalence of violence in the workplace is still unreported. The health sector is particularly impacted by the issue of abuse. In fact, almost a third of the world's abuse in the workforce is inside the health sector. The victims are typically patients and visitors although there is also intimidation from fellow workers or authoritarian supervisors. Not only does workplace violence harm employee satisfaction, but it can also trigger poor health that leads to misery, sick leave and loss in income. This, in effect, sometimes affects the entire household, and can result in abuse of drugs and alcohol. It can cause, in extreme situations, post-traumatic stress disorder and lead to suicide. Afghanistan is, from various aspects, one of the most dangerous countries. History has many examples to describe the relatively small progress being made in safeguarding and developing Afghan women's lives and health. The truth for the majority of women victims is that they are failing government institutions. This research has considered a Hospital in Kabul as its target population and has conducted it interviewing female employees of this hospital.