Towards 'Safe Work': About and Beyond Workplace Sexual Harassment

Building on findings from the first national study of migrant and refugee women in Australia, this book critiques the limitations of current models for measuring and responding to workplace sexual harassment. Challenging the separation of harassment, racial discrimination and exploitation into isolated categories, the authors present a framework that reflects the interconnected realities of abuse faced by migrant women. The book demonstrates that building a safer framework from this understanding will improve workplace safety for all women.

Honouring the courage of women who take the risk of reporting abusive conditions, the book exposes how silence around formal complaints perpetuates harm and deters disclosure. The authors advocate for a more integrated approach that prioritises what matters: safety and accountability.

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Towards 'Safe Work': About and Beyond Workplace Sexual Harassment

Building on findings from the first national study of migrant and refugee women in Australia, this book critiques the limitations of current models for measuring and responding to workplace sexual harassment. Challenging the separation of harassment, racial discrimination and exploitation into isolated categories, the authors present a framework that reflects the interconnected realities of abuse faced by migrant women. The book demonstrates that building a safer framework from this understanding will improve workplace safety for all women.

Honouring the courage of women who take the risk of reporting abusive conditions, the book exposes how silence around formal complaints perpetuates harm and deters disclosure. The authors advocate for a more integrated approach that prioritises what matters: safety and accountability.

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Towards 'Safe Work': About and Beyond Workplace Sexual Harassment

Towards 'Safe Work': About and Beyond Workplace Sexual Harassment

Towards 'Safe Work': About and Beyond Workplace Sexual Harassment

Towards 'Safe Work': About and Beyond Workplace Sexual Harassment

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Overview

Building on findings from the first national study of migrant and refugee women in Australia, this book critiques the limitations of current models for measuring and responding to workplace sexual harassment. Challenging the separation of harassment, racial discrimination and exploitation into isolated categories, the authors present a framework that reflects the interconnected realities of abuse faced by migrant women. The book demonstrates that building a safer framework from this understanding will improve workplace safety for all women.

Honouring the courage of women who take the risk of reporting abusive conditions, the book exposes how silence around formal complaints perpetuates harm and deters disclosure. The authors advocate for a more integrated approach that prioritises what matters: safety and accountability.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781529250404
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication date: 11/01/2026
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224

About the Author

Shih Joo Tan is Lecturer in Criminology at The University of Melbourne.

Marie Segrave is Professorial Fellow in the School of Political and Social Sciences at The University of Melbourne.

Rebecca Wickes is a Professor in Criminology and the Director of the Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University.

Chloe Keel is Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: Beyond the Boundaries of Workplace Sexual Harassment

2. The Challenges of Quantifying Workplace Sexual Harassment

3. Modality, Language and Positionality in Research

4. Naming Workplace Sexual Harassment: Who Decides and What Are the Consequences?

5. Exploring Responses: The Pursuit of Safety and the Failure of Reporting Mechanisms

6. Migration, Temporariness and Belonging: Impacts on Migrant Women’s Safety, Survival and Help-Seeking

7. Rethinking Exploitation and Precarity in the Workplace for Women Migrants

8. Bridging Gendered Divides in State Systems: A Model for Safety Across Forms of Exploitation and Harm

9. Conclusion

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