Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.52.3.4
Harassment of Women in Public Places – Causes, Forms and Prevalence in Croatia and in the World
Martina Horvat
; Doktorski studij socijalne politike, Studijski centar socijalnog rada Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Barbara Perasović Cigrovski
; Doktorski studij socijalne politike, Studijski centar socijalnog rada Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The article focuses on street harassment which authors define as harassment of women in
public places such as streets, parks or public transport. Current researches in Croatia and in
the world show that it is a widespread phenomenon and a large number of women have
experienced some kind of harassment in public places. Both scientists and community activists
show growing interest in this phenomenon, but it has not yet been sufficiently and adequately
explored. The first objective of this paper is to define and describe the phenomenon
of street harassment, as well as etiology, phenomenology and consequences of harassment.
The second objective is to provide a review of the existing researches on the prevalence of
street harassment in Croatia and other countries. The authors summarize researches on the
incidence of street harassment, explain basic terms connected to harassment, the connection
of street harassment to other forms of gender - based violence and discrimination of women
and describe the individual and social consequences of street harassment. Street harassment
is part of a continuum of violence against women with consequences on the individual
woman’s well-being and on the whole society that needs to be recognized as a social problem
and a form of discrimination.
Ključne riječi
street harassment; sexual harassment; gender - based violence
Hrčak ID:
128784
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.10.2014.
Posjeta: 4.507 *