The second training for employees on the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace was held on October 6 in the CITUB building. The topic was developed by Violeta Ivanova, Deputy. Director of the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research - CITUB and Stanimira Hadjimitova, Director of the CSCD in the context of the psycho-social problems that this type of violence leads to.
On August 7 and 8, representatives of 19 companies took part in a training organized by the Center for Sustainable Communities Development to build the capacity of employees in management positions on the issue of "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace".
Trade unions in Bulgaria view sexual harassment at work as a matter of protecting the health and safety of employees and as a specific problem of gender equality in the workplace.
The interviewees who took part in the project agree on the overall assessment of the negative economic and social consequences of sexual harassment in the workplace.
SHW* - sexual harassment in the workplace
The total number of employers and department heads who took part in our survey is 50 - 62% are women and 36% are men.
SHW* - sexual harassment in the workplace
The total number of the studied target group who took part in the survey is 126 employees, of whom: 82.4% are women and 17.6% are men.
