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32 years already that 14 women destined for a brilliant career in engineering, left this world, proving that violence against women in all environments has been, and remains a "crucial" social problem ... and is not reserved for the private sphere. No, it is also present in the workplace, despite the existence of laws prohibiting this state of affairs.

What more can be done to make women safer in the workplace? Shouldn't human resources play a preponderant role by sufficiently informing its staff of their rights and obligations? And you ? What can you do to make it easier to report violence against women in the workplace? Would you encourage a colleague to file a complaint? Or would you report workplace harassment if you witnessed it?

Certain forms of violence target women in particular: the loss or change of job after maternity leave, or even the weakening of her job due to her absences during the children's illness.

According to Statistics Canada, 19% of women against 13% of men have suffered harassment (humiliation, insults, gestures or comments with a sexual connotation, physical violence, etc.) during the year 2020. In addition, sexual harassment  is more common in women (4%) compared to 1% in men. Women increasingly work in professions that are more exposed to the public, which makes them more vulnerable as clients represent a higher number of stalkers than employees or managers. According to the NGO "CARE", in early 2018, one in four men in the world still trivialized sexual violence at work.

Let’s continue to be vigilant and act together for the safety of women in the workplace.

Violence at work illustrated in video here (in french) : https://youtu.be/0DjXf6K-uqA