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But in practice, the perpetrators are seldom brought to justice.","They think that laws are missing, while in reality the problem is often that the existing laws are not enforced.","Source: World Bank","The data used in this question comes from 2022[1]. The  World Bank report we use  mentions that while more than 70% of countries have laws against sexual harassment at work, actual criminal penalties are in place in fewer. The 2022 report said that of the 144 economies that have enacted legislation on sexual harassment in the workplace, only 97 had established criminal penalties for such acts. Meanwhile, civil remedies, such as compensation for victims of sexual harassment, were available in 107 economies. Another issue is that laws in different countries might define sexual harassment differently. That is why we chose the answer option “more than 70%” and put big differences between the three answer options to be sure that the incorrect options were clearly wrong.\n\n[1] [Women, Business and the Law 2023 from March 2023](https:\u002F\u002Fopenknowledge.worldbank.org\u002Fserver\u002Fapi\u002Fcore\u002Fbitstreams\u002Fe3f5880b-2fa2-4af3-8ef4-3c9469d60baf\u002Fcontent) \n[2] [World Bank - “Global and Regional Trends in Women’s Legal Protection Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Harassment” from March 2018.](http:\u002F\u002Fpubdocs.worldbank.org\u002Fen\u002F679221517425064052\u002FEndingViolenceAgainstWomenandGirls-GBVLaws-Feb2018.pdf) (page 9)  \n[3]  [Efforts to prevent sexual harassment in academia, Report 2020:1, An international research review](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uhr.se\u002Fglobalassets\u002F_uhr.se\u002Fpublikationer\u002F2020\u002Fuhr-efforts-to-prevent-sexual-harassment-in-academia.pdf)\n[4]  [Efforts to prevent sexual harassment in academia, Report 2020:1, An international research review](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uhr.se\u002Fglobalassets\u002F_uhr.se\u002Fpublikationer\u002F2020\u002Fuhr-efforts-to-prevent-sexual-harassment-in-academia.pdf )  ","The #metoo movement started in 2017 and it has helped more people realize the massive problem of sexual harassment of women by male colleagues and bosses at work all over the world. Between 2017 and 2022, at least eleven more countries added laws to fight sexual harassment in the workplace. It is a great start...but not enough.\n\n>”While having laws on the books is important, it is not sufficient. In many places, adequate laws may coexist with high prevalence of domestic violence or sexual harassment.” concludes the report [Ending Violence against women and girls.](http:\u002F\u002Fpubdocs.worldbank.org\u002Fen\u002F679221517425064052\u002FEndingViolenceAgainstWomenandGirls-GBVLaws-Feb2018.pdf)\n\nAs long as men keep thinking there will be no punishment, many bullies, harassers and abusers know they can do what they want without consequences. And as long as perpetrators are not likely to be punished, it may instead be the victims who take the risk of losing their jobs if they report the crimes. Even with a law in place, many women feel too powerless to dare to speak out. \n\nThanks to the #metoo movement, all kinds of organizations and companies have realised they must have committed leadership to end sexual harassment, and upgrade workplace norms so bystanders become responsible coworkers. They need new routines for complaint handling and a support structure, like [Swedish universities](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uhr.se\u002Fglobalassets\u002F_uhr.se\u002Fpublikationer\u002F2020\u002Fuhr-efforts-to-prevent-sexual-harassment-in-academia.pdf) or [Garment factories in Cambodia](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.care.org.au\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F12\u002FSTOP-Rapid-Review.pdf).\n\nIn lots of workplaces where sexual harassment has been underreported, finally there’s some hope that the norms can start changing thanks to #metoo. If they do, the laws will become useful.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nStamping out sexual harassment seems like an even bigger task when we think there are not even laws on the books yet to fight it. Creating new laws takes time in many countries. The fact that most countries have these laws means we can push for enforcement, rather than needing to start at the beginning. That should give people hope things can change more quickly than they expect.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nRecent portrayals of sexual harassment in the media, especially when the #MeToo movement was being discussed heavily, may have led many to think that there are few legal protections for victims of sexual harassment at work.\n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes, the data comes from the World Bank Report, [Women, Business and The law 2023](https:\u002F\u002Fwbl.worldbank.org\u002Fen\u002Freports). The report before this latest one explained that of the 144 countries that had enacted legislation on sexual harassment in the workplace, only 97 have criminal penalties. Meanwhile, civil remedies, such as compensation for victims of sexual harassment, are available in 107 countries. Another issue is that laws in different countries might define sexual harassment differently. That is why we chose the answer option “around 70%” and put big differences between the three answer options to be sure that the incorrect options were clearly wrong.\n\nOn [this map](https:\u002F\u002Fgapm.io\u002Fvshl), the data shows how laws on sexual harassment at work grew over time, from two countries in 1970 to 141 in 2020.\n","Enforcing the law is the problem"]