Harassment of  Working Women in Quetta City

Imran Naeem; Kamran Naeem; Dr. Nasreen Samar

doi:10.5281/zenodo.18189895

Authors

Imran Naeem University of Balochistan, Quetta
Kamran Naeem Mir Chakar Khan Rind University, Sibi
Dr. Nasreen Samar Assistant Professor, Department of Gender & Development Studies University of Balochistan, Quetta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18189895

Abstract

The study focuses sexual harassment is a pervasive issue affecting individuals, organizations, and societies worldwide. This study focuses on sexual harassment among working women in Quetta city, Pakistan exploring its prevalence, forms (soft vs. hard harassment), and finds the relationship of its intensity with age, profession, dressing friends and family support and communication style of the victim. Data collected from 150 women working in different organizations with gender diversity, in different districts of Balochistan in accordance with cultural boundaries, through female. One-way ANOVA test was applied using SPSS 25.0 to test the hypothesis. The result shows that intensity of sexual harassment has no relationship with age and, friends and family support, whereas show that there is significant relationship between profession, and communication style. The findings have important practical implications for policy makers and practitioners and stems future research avenues for researchers.

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