Reflections for a world of work without violence Reflexiones para un mundo laboral sin violencia: prevention against sexual harassment in public administration

Abstract

Today, notoriously, there is a context favorable to equality as never before seen in history and our reality calls us to joint action to face a public problem: gender-based violence against women. In this regard, the world of work, a gender socializing space and historically perceived as male territory, is no stranger to this serious phenomenon that prevails in society, especially if more than 50 public entities have reported having received complaints of sexual harassment at work during 2021. Thirty years ago, we talked little or nothing about this topic.
The public administration committed to equality, by ethics, solidarity, social justice and by constitutional mandate, must adopt an unequivocal position of non-tolerance and combat it, especially in its internal management. Along these lines, this article reflects on prevention as an effective measure to eradicate this phenomenon. Thus, it provides information taking into account gender considerations and the regulations governing public entities and the recent contributions of Convention 190 and Recommendation
206, on violence and harassment in the world of work of the International Labour Organization.