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This brief summarizes key findings and recommendations of a formative assessment of sexual harassment in Ugandan government health facilities conducted on behalf of the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) between August-November 2016 with assistance from the USAID-funded Strengthening Human Resources for Health (SHRH) project led by IntraHealth International. The objectives of the assessment were to:
- Describe forms of, reactions to, and consequences of sexual harassment in government health workplaces
- Describe patterns of interaction between men and women around the issue of sexual harassment
- Assess the adequacy of existing policy and law related to sexual harassment Identify current implementation status and feasibility of legal/policy guidelines relevant to sexual harassment at national, regional, district, and facility levels
- Identify implementation challenges and opportunities relative to sexual harassment law and policy
- Recommend elements of an effective sexual harassment prevention and response system
- Document the baseline for key measures related to a sexual harassment prevention and response system that are already being implemented at in government health facilities.
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