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Sexual Harassment at the Workplace in Public and Private Sectors in India: A Study at National Capital Region of Delhi

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  • 1. G. D. Goenka University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
  • 2. LNJN National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, New Delhi, India

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  • 1. Raksha Shakti University

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This study aims to understand the prevalence of sexual harassment at workplace in public and private sectors in selected regions of National Capital Region of Delhi, India. A comparison between the two sectors will focus on the awareness about the existing laws, resistance to sexual harassment at workplace and also to identify the common factors playing crucial role in cases of sexual harassment. Due to time and money constraints the study is conducted with 100 samples (50 from public and 50 from private sector) and it does not aim for generalization, but, it intends to collaborate legal viewpoint on sexual harassment at workplace with respondents’ outlook to tackle this issue.

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