THE Association of Women Lawyers is troubled by yet another revelation on social media about sexual harassment in the legal workplace.
AWL’s 2014 Baseline Survey revealed that 31% of respondents working within the legal profession have experienced “sexual propositions and gender-based discrimination”. The survey also revealed that younger lawyers are more likely to be sexually propositioned by their colleagues, clients or bosses. A 2019 survey by the International Bar Association revealed that in Malaysia, only 17% of respondents indicated that their workplace has existing policies to address sexual harassment matters.
To effectively stamp out sexual harassment, the Bar Council should ensure that law firms, regardless of size, adopt workable internal policies and practices with the following core elements: To recommend workplace procedures that are suitable and effective to investigate and take action, where necessary, and to ensure that investigations are conducted by independent and unbiased individuals. To recognise that gender inequality sits alongside and across other forms of inequalities, such as race, disability, sexual orientation and age.
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