The Country Director of ActionAid Ghana, Sumaila Abdul Rahman has called on legislators to strengthen existing laws on sexual violence to protect women and girls in both formal and informal sector.
He made this known at ActionAid Ghana’s one-day national dialogue on sexual harassement in Ghana on the theme ‘Sexual Harassment in the World of Work : The Law and the Practice’.
Mr Rahman bemoaned how sexual harassment at the workplace is “devastatively severe’ therefore, Ghana needs to look at the “current legislative regime of strenghtening existing laws create a safe space for women and girls [in the world of work]”.
He proposed the provision of logistics for organizations, and the elevation of DOVVSU to a directorate to help in mobilising resources to undertake projects on sexual violence.
The one-day stakeholder meeting hosted a panel comprising of a journalist, lawyer, TUC, and a member of the Young Urban Women Network discussing the enablers of sexual harassment at workplace and legislative gaps.
The panel recommended the review of the sexual harassment laws to include the protection of informal sector workers.
The event witnessed the launched of a policy brief on ‘Securing Young Women’s Rights to Freedom from Economic and Sexual Exploitation in Informal Workspaces in Ghana’ as part of the Thought Leadership Series.