Addressing concerns of workplace harassment, productivity | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

Experts said productivity will suffer in an environment where workplace harassment is prevalent. Murna Loma of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, said apart from low productivity, victims of workplace harassment also suffer mental ill-health.

The International Labour Organisation Convention No.190 on Violence and Harassment identifies violence and harassment as violations directed at persons because of their sex or gender, or affecting persons of a particular sex or gender disproportionately, and includes sexual harassment. The expectations associated with different genders vary from society to society and over time. Patriarchal power structures dominate in many societies, in which male leadership is seen as the norm, and men hold the majority of power. Patriarchy is a social and political system that treats men as superior to women – where women cannot protect their bodies, meet their basic needs, participate fully in society and men perpetrate violence against women with impunity.

Consequently, the federal and state governments adopted several legislative and policy instruments, including The Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act of 2015, which prohibits female genital mutilation, harmful widowhood practices, harmful traditional practices and all forms of violence against persons in both private and public life.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige also called on stakeholders to collaborate with the government in the campaign against workplace harassment and violence in the country. He stated that the workshop was aimed at creating awareness and sensitizing stakeholders and the general public on the ills of gender-based violence, as well as the importance of C190 in combating violence and harassment, including GBV in the world of work.

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