One in five people globally report having experienced some form of violence or harassment at work, but what are factors that make some workers more vulnerable than others?
Based on the 2021 World Risk Poll report ‘Safe at Work? Global experiences of violence and harassment’, we know that while men are marginally more exposed at a global level, for a third of women who reported violence or harassment at work, there was a sexual element to this experience. The second World Risk Poll ‘Focus On’ report also drew attention to the importance of financial and migration status (the latter measured by proxy of being foreign-born or not), as two factors that make them vulnerable.
Financial and migration status in South Asia
As social sector researchers who work on the issues of both migration and sexual harassment in India, we were particularly interested in the findings from the Poll that compared South Asian workers’ experiences of violence and harassment, based on their financial and migration status.