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Oversight & Monitoring

Laws on sexual harassment should provide for the establishment of an oversight and monitoring body. [Cross link to Monitoring Chapter] This government body should have the power to receive complaints from victims, assist victims with gaining redress, gather data on the problem of sexual harassment, and make recommendations for reform when necessary. For example, new sexual harassment legislation in Pakistan establishes the position of an Ombudsman for each of Pakistan’s regions, under the National Commission on the Status of Women, who has the power to receive and address claims of sexual harassment. (See: Protection Against Harassment at the Workplace Act; Farahnaz Ispahani, Towards Women’s Empowerment, newPakistan, (March 13, 2010))