Critical Analysis on Women’s Sexual Harassment at Ride-Sharing Platforms: A Legal Discussion

Abstract

This paper provides an illustration of sexual harassment at ride-sharing in Bangladesh. In our country there are some existing laws and ride-sharing policies which have been analyzed the neighboring countries like India, Pakistan also has specific laws and relevant provisions to resolve these offenses but in our country this issue remains the same. Sexual harassment is occurring in different places such as workplace, educational institution, public transportation. To avoid this harassment women, adopt the ride sharing services but women are also being harassed while using the ride-sharing app. So many people are still unaware about existing legislation and ride-sharing service policies. This circumstance needs to be changed because the ride-sharing service has increased the transportability of middle-class citizens. The data and information are used to illustrate the abuse and harassment that women experience when using ride-sharing services. This paper will provide a discussion based on existing legislation and ride-sharing policies as well.