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The Me Too movement encouraged more people to step forward and share their experiences of sexual harassment. Yet, a worrying 2020 report from the CIPD unearthed that a quarter of employees believe that issues such as harassment and bullying are still being swept under the carpet in their organisation.
In addition, shocking statistics published in the 2016 Still Just a Bit of Banter? report by the Everyday Sexism Project and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) revealed that more than half of women in the UK have experienced sexual harassment at work.
For women aged between 16 and 24-years-old, this figure rose to 63%, with circa one-fifth (20%) stating that their harasser was either their manager or someone holding an authoritative position within the organisation.
It is on this backdrop that sexual harassment was in the news last week. It is alleged that Conservative MP Rob Roberts invited a 21-year-old female intern to “fool around” with him. The former intern told BBC Wales that the message exchange made her feel “incredibly sick”.
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