AT LEAST one lawmaker has recommended a maximum period of two years for someone to make a report under the Sexual Harassment Bill now being reviewed by a joint select committee of Parliament.
There are so many young people, young men and young women who have been raped 15, 20, 25 years ago and they feel it has been so long it makes no sense to report it,” said Dalley.
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck said that unwanted touching of anyone could constitute sexual harassment and that young girls, in particular, must be made to understand that anyone who touches them inappropriately without consent could be found guilty of assault and battery under the Offences Against the Person Act.
Committee Chairman Olivia Grange said that a nationwide public education exercise on sexual harassment was necessary.
The bill also makes provisions for the making of complaints by persons who are aggrieved by sexual harassment.
