Causes, Effects and Challenges of Sexual Harassment on Waitresses

To explain the relationship between women and sexual harassment at work it will be important to see women s space at work. Are women allowed to take part in every work space? In patriarchal societies like Ethiopia where male dominate social structures the result is women s oppression. Hence women s sphere is the house; the caring and nurturing. Perhaps, such activities these days are institutionalized, professionalized, industrialized and commercialized and become sectors in the paid work where women take the larger share because of the job segregation and the nature of work that is attached to women s gender role which is mistaken for their sex role. Workplace sexual harassment is inevitable to almost every woman. However, workplaces like Hotels, Bars and Cafeterias accompanied by the work nature makes waitresses the most vulnerable to Sexual harassment. This book explores waitresses vulnerability factors to sexual harassment and its effects on their personal and career development. Students and researchers in fields of women and/or gender studies and governmental and non-governmental organizations working on women s right issues will find this work more useful.

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Abinet Tasew Sitotaw received her BA Degree in Philosophy and her Masters in Gender Studies from Addis Ababa University. She is currently an A/Directress at the Gender office of Addis Ababa University. She has worked at the same office since the year 2008. She is also a home-based lecturer at the Department of Philosophy.