In 2019, as a result of the #metoo campaign the International Bar Association commissioned research on the prevalence of Sexual Harassment in the legal profession. Nigeria Bar Association participated in the research. From the research, the below statistics emerged with respect to Nigeria:
One in two women and one in three men have experienced bullying in the workplace;
• One in three women and one in 14 men have been sexually harassed;
• In 57 percent of bullying cases, incidents were not reported, with the figure rising to 75 per cent for episodes of sexual harassment;
• There is considerable adverse impact, with 65 percent of bullied practitioners having left or considered leaving their workplace as a result;
• workplaces are not doing enough to prevent or adequately respond to misconduct, with policies regarding bullying and sexual harassment present in only 53 percent of workplaces; and
• just one in five workplaces have conducted training in recognising and reporting problems in these areas.
In 2009, the National Library of Medicine published research carried out by Eme T. Owoaje from which the following statistics on the prevalence of sexual harassment in higher institutions emerged as follows:
68% of respondents had been sexually harassed with the main perpetrators being male classmates and lecturers;
Two-thirds experienced non-physical type of sexual harassment;
48.2% experienced physical sexual harassment; and
32.2% experienced a request to do something...
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