Civil Servants Proclamation: Sexual Harassment in Workplace

Country	Ethiopia
Year	2017
Type of Measure	Other relevant laws > Employment/Labor law
Form of Violence	Sexual harassment

Brief Description

The new Civil Servants Proclamation No. 1064/2017 addressed sexual harassment in the work place prescribing serious disciplinary measures. Though its application is limited to civil servants, it paves the way for accountability for acts of sexual harassment that may be encountered at workplace.

Source of Information

Ethiopia's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.13

For more information: Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of Ethiopia (2019)