{"id":2085,"date":"2024-02-07T14:05:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T14:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2024-02-07T14:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T14:13:23","slug":"sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"SEXUAL HARASSMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>JOY SITATI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey that sampled 240 respondents, 148 of them being journalists, indicated that as many as 87.3 % cited fear of victimisation as a major hurdle in addressing sexual harassment in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> 64% of the respondents termed existing policies insufficient in curbing sexual harassment. 46.8% of respondents lacked knowledge about safe reporting mechanisms. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-19.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-19.png 770w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-19-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/tandaomedia.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-19-768x399.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>This scenario according to the Association of Media Women in Kenya\u00a0 (AMWIK) acting chief executive\u00a0 officer Sharon Kechula, stems from among other lack of psychological support and inadequate awareness of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kechula urged the media actors to implement anti-harassment policies, enhance awareness, provide access to mental health resources and create a safe and supportive environment to encourage survivors to come forward and report harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalists from human rights gender lead by Winnie Syombua, called on media actors to work with justice systems to ensure no perpetrators go unpunished.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sexual Harassment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ne9CUK5EPYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOY SITATI The survey that sampled 240 respondents, 148 of them being journalists, indicated that as many as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.11 - 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