The Bureau of Gender Affairs has commenced sensitization sessions to educate Jamaicans about aspects of the proposed Sexual Harassment Protection and Prevention Act 2021.
This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith while opening the debate on the Sexual Harassment Protection and Prevention Act 2021 in the Upper House last Friday.
The legislation is aimed at combatting sexual harassment in Jamaica.
The Sexual Harassment Protection and Prevention Act contains provisions for dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace, schools, correctional institutions, places of safety, nursing homes, medical and psychiatric facilities, among other places.
