women contribution to bangladesh economy

Welcome to Our presentation

Definition of Sexual Harassment

• Unwelcome sexual advances• Request for sexual behavior in exchange

of some advances• Any obscene verbal comment • sexually explicit emails or SMS messages• obscene physical conduct that can create

a hostile or offensive environment.

The objectives of Our study• To assess the current situation of sexual

harassment in Bangladesh.

• Sexual harassment impact on woman worker and

workplace.

• Woman contribution in our economy though

harassment occurs.

• Finally, find out way to reduce sexual

harassment.

Overview of women workforce in Bangladesh

• The literacy rate of women is 55.1%• Education rate is 30.8%• Women in labor force is 57.2% of total

women. • Women are 15% of the total labor force in

Bangladesh• The occupation of women in parliament is

19.7%.

Md. Alamin 2014010000178

Participation of female workforceIn agriculture 64.84%

Manufacturing 11.77%

Transportation & Communication

1.51%

Trade Hotel & Restaurant 6.34%

Finance, Business & Services

13.69%

Construction 1.40

Electricity 0.03%

The types problems women facing in workplace

Sexual harassmentDiscriminatory action toward the womenDiscriminatory paying policyLack of family supportPoor securityInsufficient maternity leaves

What is Sexual harassment in workplace

Female workers are irritated by the male colleagues

Obscene attitude toward the female workers Hampering the privacy of female workers in

workplace Female workers are forced by the seniors to join

illegal relation gossiping obscene jokes before female workers

Consequences of sexual harassment Losing freedom Suffering from mental depression Losing productivity Cannot continue work-life Losing financial independency National income falls down Affected social morality Sometimes committing suicide

Reasons behind the sexual harassment in workplace

Lack of morality Impure mentality Lack of accountability for doing offence Misuse of authority Faulty law Faulty attitude toward female worker Carelessness of women workers Lack of decency of women workers

Impact of SH on women’s contribution to national

income Leaving of women worker the workplace Half of the population become detached from

national production Total GDP & GNP decreasing National income starts to go to the recessionary

stage Investment will not be done as much as needed Aggregate demand reducing Them total economic system is constrained with

vicious cycle.

Recommendations for SH Establishment of strong anti-harassment policy Train the employees morality Including at the primary level morale education Passed a updated law Screening out negligent hiring from pool of

candidates Training the women employees the technique of

self-protection

Recommendations for SH Our last and final recommendation is to follow

Quran and Hadid- Allah has said in Sura-Noor, Verse-30&31……..“say to the believing men to keep down their looks ….“say to the believing women to keep down their looks

…..and not to display your body to the other people.

“we believe that this is original solution for us to prevent sexual harassment from our society for ever and to protect our generation from moral destruction”

So far, Thank all of you for being with us

women contribution to bangladesh economy

Economy & Finance