Global Health Justice

sexual harassment

February 26, 2023

Violence and Sexual Harassment Against Women in Health Professions

By Women in Global Health (WGH)

Women make up 70% of the health care workforce worldwide. Sadly, female health care workers are faced with sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) at work every day perpetrated by male colleagues, male patients, and male community members. Oftentimes, SEAH experienced by women in the health sector goes unreported, unrecorded, and unpunished. In 2022, Women…