Orit Kamir, the most effective way to avoid sexual harassment in the workplace, and also influence the public's state of mind, is for the employer to adopt a clear policy prohibiting sexual harassment and to make it very clear to their employees.
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Global Database on Violence against Women.
The harassment could include sexual harassment.
Many of the early women pursuing these cases were African American, often former civil rights activists who applied principles of civil rights to sex discrimination.
Another element which increases the risk for sexual harassment is the job's gender context having few women in the close working environment or practicing in a field which is perceived as atypical for women.