Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions

The vitality of schools in proffering solutions to the societal challenges cannot be underrated. However, school as a hub and pivot place in addressing multifarious challenges in our society is faced with some social ills such as bullying and sexual harassment. An escalation of sexual harassment in...

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Main Authors:	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig, Trakic, Adnan, Mallow, Muzaffar Syah, Surajudeen, Ahmad Tijani
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	International Organisation Centre of Academic Research 2014
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/38722/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/38722/1/Paper_on_Sexual_Harassment.pdf

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spelling	iium-387222014-10-13T01:28:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38722/ Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Trakic, Adnan Mallow, Muzaffar Syah Surajudeen, Ahmad Tijani K Law (General) The vitality of schools in proffering solutions to the societal challenges cannot be underrated. However, school as a hub and pivot place in addressing multifarious challenges in our society is faced with some social ills such as bullying and sexual harassment. An escalation of sexual harassment in schools' and on campuses cannot be denied. The greater challenge is inadequacy and ineffective measures to curb prevalence of sexual harassment. More so, there are only a few existing guidelines in combating sexual harassment such as the Penal Code, Employment Act and the Code of Conduct for Industrial Harmony. However, there is yet to be a proper academic focus providing an effective mode of minimizing the prevalence of sexual harassment in schools and institutions of higher learning by formulating a policy and procedure in eschewing sexual harassment in schools in particular, and society in general in Malaysia. Hence, this paper elaborately explicates the various issues relating to sexual harassment in the Malaysian schools and institutions of higher learning and further, the suggested approaches towards its prevention. International Organisation Centre of Academic Research 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38722/1/Paper_on_Sexual_Harassment.pdf Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig and Trakic, Adnan and Mallow, Muzaffar Syah and Surajudeen, Ahmad Tijani (2014) Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions. In: International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (SOCIO-INT14), 8-10 September, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey.
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Trakic, Adnan Mallow, Muzaffar Syah Surajudeen, Ahmad Tijani Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions
description	The vitality of schools in proffering solutions to the societal challenges cannot be underrated. However, school as a hub and pivot place in addressing multifarious challenges in our society is faced with some social ills such as bullying and sexual harassment. An escalation of sexual harassment in schools' and on campuses cannot be denied. The greater challenge is inadequacy and ineffective measures to curb prevalence of sexual harassment. More so, there are only a few existing guidelines in combating sexual harassment such as the Penal Code, Employment Act and the Code of Conduct for Industrial Harmony. However, there is yet to be a proper academic focus providing an effective mode of minimizing the prevalence of sexual harassment in schools and institutions of higher learning by formulating a policy and procedure in eschewing sexual harassment in schools in particular, and society in general in Malaysia. Hence, this paper elaborately explicates the various issues relating to sexual harassment in the Malaysian schools and institutions of higher learning and further, the suggested approaches towards its prevention.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Trakic, Adnan Mallow, Muzaffar Syah Surajudeen, Ahmad Tijani
author_facet	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig Trakic, Adnan Mallow, Muzaffar Syah Surajudeen, Ahmad Tijani
author_sort	Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
title	Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions
title_short	Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions
title_full	Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions
title_fullStr	Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions
title_full_unstemmed	Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions
title_sort	sexual harassment in malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions
publisher	International Organisation Centre of Academic Research
publishDate	2014
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Sexual harassment in Malaysian educational institutions: causes and solutions

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