Commissioner’s Foreword Contents Commissioner’s Foreword Section 1: Introduction 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Executive Summary Recommendations Terms of Reference Methodology Terminology used in the report Section 2: The current context for this Inquiry 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Overview Historical context Sexual harassment in international and domestic law Changing nature of work Increasing transparency around sexual harassment Understanding the cost of sexual harassment A global response to sexual harassment Section 3: Understanding sexual harassment in the workplace 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Overview Prevalence of sexual harassment in the workplace Nature of sexual harassment in the workplace Cultural and systemic drivers of sexual harassment in the workplace People who experience sexual harassment in the workplace People who sexually harass in the workplace Workplace settings where sexual harassment occurs Impacts of sexual harassment in the workplace National Sexual Harassment Research Agenda Section 4: Prevention outside the workplace 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 6 Overview Primary prevention of sexual harassment Effective approaches to primary prevention Government action to prevent sexual harassment Key areas for sexual harassment primary prevention 9 13 13 40 52 53 59 67 69 70 72 74 78 81 82 91 94 94 123 138 161 198 218 257 299 351 353 354 358 376 384