Women's reaction regarding different types of Harassment

Abstract

Harassment is a risk factor for further violence and should be taken very seriously. It can lead to more severe crimes like terroristic threats or stalking. Harassment toward women consider a global problem and major public health concern and it present in all world environment, were in Egypt was 9.6 percent in 2016 (Morsy, 2017), while WHO indicated that about(35%) 1every 3 women worldwide have experienced different types of harassment (WHO, 2017). Nursing has an important role in combating and treating harassment through primary prevention and health education and counseling about The best protection ways offer toward harassment, Provide safety education for women's so they know what conduct is not acceptable, what to do if they witness or are subjected to harassment and how to protect themselves. Woman often find it extremely difficult to complain about discrimination or harassment. Feel vulnerable and afraid. So that it has an impact on the quality of their life, so that nurse should treat the complainer with respect and compassion (Ross et al., 2019).