The Effectiveness of Workplace Harassment Act in Public Sector Universities of Punjab: A Case Study of Faisalabad

Abstract

This research paper assessing social temperature towards the issue of sexual harassment at workplace. All the energies are invested to assess how such act as related to sexual harassment at the workplace affect mental health and work performance of women. While this research exercise, the concentration was given to calibrate the effectiveness of legal framework concerning with safeguarding women from harassment at workplace specially how the implementation machinery responds The Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2010. There is no doubt that several concerns and challenges still persist and hold back women’s full access to equal opportunities, as entrenched patriarchal norms, social stereotypes, and the misinterpretation of religious scriptures continue to add and give rise to the challenges faced by women. Adopting mixed method approach, this research study explores how the existing legal framework contributes to curb violence against women in the public universities of Faisalabad namely Government College University Faisalabad, University of Agriculture and Government College Women University Faisalabad. The analysis under review concludes that it is imperative to sustain awareness-raising campaigns and unwavering efforts by authorities and political decision-makers. Besides these, it is equally important to invest resources to influence the social behaviours that blame the women for harassment and further to using media including traditional and social for general masses awareness to influence the frequency of the incidents of sexual harassment at workplace.