Prevalence and Experience of Sexual Harassment at Workplaces

This survey is curated and hosted by POSHequili. POSHequili is a boutique firm assisting organizations and institutions across India in complying with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act & Rules, 2013 (Law). You must be 18 or older to participate in this study.

Aim of the Survey

  1. Awareness about the law against sexual harassment at workplace
  2. Prevalence of sexual harassment at workplace
  3. The various ways boundaries have been crossed with regard to sexual harassment at workplace
  4. Identify vulnerable spaces, relationships and other factors that contribute towards this issue
  5. Experiences of reporting sexual harassment at the workplace
    • For people who experienced sexual harassment at workplace
    • For people who were accused of sexual harassment at workplace

Confidentiality

All information collected in this survey will be treated confidentially and used only for the purposes of research. Identifying information about the participants will not be made public, or in any way link back specifically to any individual’s participation in the survey.

Voluntary Participation

This survey should take most participants anywhere between 5-20 minutes to complete, depending on individual experiences. Your participation in this survey is entirely voluntary and you may choose to exit the survey at any time. We do, however urge you to consider completing the survey, as each of your responses will help us achieve our larger goals, listed below.

Hope from the Survey

Our endeavor is that the results of this survey will help us with the nuanced understanding of not only physical forms of sexual harassment but also non-physical forms, identify contexts where transgressions take place and boundaries are crossed. This will enable us in our efforts to strengthen policies and mechanisms addressing sexual harassment at the workplace.

Thank you for your participation and support towards making this possible!

Contact For Support

AASRA

A crisis intervention centre for people with mental illness issues, emotional crisis, and suicidal ideation. They provide professional, voluntary and confidential care to those in need.

KIRAN

A 24×7 toll-free Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline launched by the Department of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

  • 1800-599-0019
  • Not available
  • All Days - 24x7
  • Languages Available: Hindi, Assamese, Tamil, Marathi, Odia, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Bengali, Urdu and English
  • Telephonic Counseling
  • Free Mental Health Service

Arpita Foundation

A non-profit organisation located in Bangalore, it caters to resolve personal and psychological concerns of individuals. Their team consists of trained counselors and volunteers who are also certified gate keepers in suicide prevention. It is associated with the Live Love Laugh Foundation, Vandrevala foundation, and the Psychiatry Department of M.S. Ramaiah Hospital.

iCALL helpline

Run by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, it is a telephone and e-mail based counseling service that caters to individuals in emotional and psychological distress. 

  • https://icallhelpline.org/
  • +91 9152987821
  • icall@tiss.edu
  • Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
  • Language Not specified
  • Telephonic and Email-Based Counseling
  • Free Mental Health Service
  • Works with LGBTQIA+ Community as well

Survey FAQs

Your participation in this survey will help us with the nuanced understanding of not only physical forms of sexual harassment but also non-physical forms, identify contexts where transgressions take place and boundaries are crossed. This will enable us in our efforts to strengthen policies and mechanisms addressing sexual harassment at the workplace.

It will take you anywhere between 5-20 minutes.

This survey does not collect any identifying information such as your name, email address, or contact number. Therefore, your responses will remain anonymous. At the end of the survey, you will be asked if you would be comfortable to connect with us for an interview for further research. Even if you choose to provide contact information such as your phone number or email address, it will still be kept confidential.

All individual data will remain confidential.

Your individual responses will only be accessible to the researchers.

No, your individual responses will be collated for research purposes only.

You will be able to access the results on the POSHequili website.

You will not be paid for taking this survey.

Yes, you can take survey if you are a student aged 16 years and above, and also if you’re unemployed.

Yes. You will be able to take the survey from your smartphone, tablet, desktop, laptop, and any other mobile devices with an internet connection.

No, the survey does not provide an option to save changes and complete the survey later.

No, the survey cannot be taken again after it has been submitted.

No. once the survey has been submitted, it does not provide an option to retake the survey. In case you want to go back to an earlier question while filling the survey, you can use the “previous” option to do so.

In case you need help or have further queries, issues or feedback, feel free to reach out to surveysbypaw@POSHequili.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible.