Acoso sexual a vendedoras del tortillas en mercados de comayaguela, honduras, 2012 / Sexual harassment to tortillas sellers in Comayagüela markets, Honduras 2012

La violencia contra la mujer, sea violencia de pareja o sexual, constituye un problema de salud pública y una violación de los derechos humanos. Objetivo: Establecer la prevalencia de acoso sexual y algunas características de las mujeres vendedoras de tortillas en mercados de Comayagüela, Francisco Morazán. Material y Métodos: Estudio descriptivo transversal. La población de estudio, vendedoras que tenían su puesto de trabajo-venta de tortillas en mercados de Comayagüela, octubre de 2012; no se conocía el total de vendedoras de tortillas por no existir datos; la muestra intencionada de 150 mujeres; el muestreo fue al azar simple, se entrevistó toda mujer vendedora que se encontraba en la zona de venta al momento del levantamiento de datos. Área de trabajo: la población estudiada se tomó en cinco mercados. Resultados: La frecuencia de acoso sexual fue 114(76%); la distribución por rangos de edad 15-29 años 52(87%), 30-44 años, 31(78%); el estado civil de las vendedoras fue, casada 10(83%), divorciada 4(100%), soltera 67(79%); la escolaridad fue, el nivel secundario 19(83%), educación primaria 76(76%), ninguna 19(73%); el ingreso económico percibido por la venta de tortillas fue mayor de 300 lempiras diarios, 68(79%), entre 100-300 lempiras, 35(71%); tenían otra actividad simultanea el 25(78%) era afirmativo y fue negativo 89(75%); los hábitos tóxicos encontrados, consumo de alcohol 21(100%), fumaban 13(100%) y consumo de otras drogas 3(75%); con vida sexual activa 51(85%) y un grupo con antecedentes de abuso sexual 49(100%). Conclusión: El acoso sexual contra la mujer se presenta en la calle como en los sitios de trabajo, en el grupo de mujeres estudiado se encontró que 114(76%) sufría este problema, predominaba en mujeres entre 15-29 años, con educación primaria y un grupo que consumía alcohol...(AU)

Sexual harassment in the physician-patient interaction: analysis of charges against doctors in the state of São Paulo

OBJECTIVE: This research intends to discuss sexual harassment within the doctor-patient relationship based on four parameters: doctor's characteristics, accuser's characteristics, accusation characteristics, and the evaluation by the Medicine Council of São Paulo. METHOD: It is a descriptive, quantitative approach using a retrospective documental analysis. Studied subjects were doctors who were allegedly engaged in sexual harassment. This analysis considered all accusations made from January 2000 to December 2005 (n=150). RESULTS: For this type of sexual abuse, there was a prevalence of male professionals (96.6 percent) who committed abuse against female patients (90.3 percent) during adulthood (77.7 percent). The mean age of the accused was 46.87 years, ranging from 30-76 years, concentrated between 46-75 years. The intrinsic difficulty of understanding sexual harassment by a professional constrained ethical evaluation of the cases, with 24.1 percent of the cases being considered proceeding charges by the professional council. When the cases were recognized as proceeding, they were either filed (88.2 percent) or were considered to be ethical infringement (11.8 percent) becoming Professional Ethical Process (PEP). In the majority of proceeding cases (87 percent), there was a Police Occurrence Report enclosed. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The incidence of sexual abuse by professionals was independent of education, as the accused professionals came from a large variety of medical colleges, without significant differences related to institution. The predominance of accusations against older professionals may occur due to the frail personality structure that allows professional acting out. Objective evidence is very important in ethical evaluations compared to psychological and subjective evidence.

Sexual harassment of women current scenario of Indian Hospitals.

Sexual Harassment of women at work place is prevalent throughout the globe. India is no exception to this evil based on gender discrimination especially in health care set ups, is a grave form of human rights violation of a almost half of the human folk. Although the Hon’ble Apex Court of India has ruled in 1997 regarding the implementation of guidelines to prevent sexual harassment of women at work place, but without effective implementation, results in violation of human rights of working women as well as service consumers in Indian hospitals. The Bill on this issue is also pending in the Parliament for its nod since 2005. This paper deals with current scenario of Sexual Harassment of Women in Indian Hospitals, the Supreme Court of India’s views, Brief dissuasion of New Bill on the issue, so that persons involved in this noble profession can be made aware of their duties and rights to prevent human rights violations involved with this issue.

Adultery: meanings and interpretations as professional misconduct, civil and criminal offence in India.

Forensic medicine teachers taught topic of ‘adultery’ to medical students as one of the sexual offences, medicolegal aspect of marriage, and as professional misconduct, which is part of medical ethics. The question is of safeguarding / protecting socio-ethical value of our society and honour of medical profession. Section 497 IPC came into existence during the British Rule. It is said that it is against Indian cultural values and not much less than a slander. Therefore, in independent India it is totally unfair to allow continuing Section 497 IPC in its present form. This paper deals with definition, meanings and interpretations of the term ‘adultery’ used in different context in medical profession so that clear concept can be understood by every member of medical fraternity. Thus, help in preventing unnecessary problems faced by doctors in day to day practice.

Gender bias torture in place of work.

Gender bias torture specially sexual harassment of women at the work place is now a hard reality, the ultimate form of control that repressed men, especially those in position of authority, can have today. They are generally being allowed to get away with it. Mainly because women are fearful and totally unorganized, managements are complacent and the law takes much too long to work if it ever does. Global picture is horrifying. Child abuse, women abuse and even some men are sexually abused. The fear of loss of job, hostility at work and social stigma still prevent women from complaining about sexual harassment. It has been recognized as human rights violation by the Supreme Court which has even drawn up legally binding guidelines directing employers to implement preventive and remedial measures in the work place.