Policy - Prevent Discrimination or Harassment
8.1.9 Policy - Prevent Discrimination or Harassment
More questions were asked of education and health respondents about the minimum standards of services established in the health and education sectors. Prohibition and prevention of discrimination or sexual harassment are considered part of these standards.
Education respondents reported that discrimination of HIV-infected students or staff or of gay or lesbian students was prevented by general polices prohibiting discrimination or harassment. It was not clear if there was a lot of focus on these issues related to HIV/AIDS within these anti-discrimination policies. Education ministries and school districts responded to questions asking if they had made an explicit statement or policy to prevent discrimination. Less than one-half of education ministries reported that they have policies to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation or being HIV-infected. A little more that half of school districts reported having such policies.
Figure 28
| Have Policy Pre- venting Discrimina- tion Of HIV-infected staff |
Yes |
No |
In Part |
Don’t Know |
Not Role |
No Response |
| MOE-26 | 45.5 |
9.1 |
0 |
27.3 |
18.2 |
0 |
| SD-26 | 65 |
8.1 |
13 |
12 |
na |
1.9 |
Figure 29
| Have Policy Preventing
Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation |
Yes |
No |
In Part |
Don’t Know |
Not Role |
| MOE-27 | 36.4 |
36.4 |
0 |
9.1 |
18.2 |
| SD-27 | 55.8 |
22.7 |
14.8 |
6.7 |
na |
School principals responded as follows when asked if they had issued an explicit statement or taken steps to ensure that HIV-infected or gay students are not subject to discrimination or harassment.
Figure 30
| Have Taken steps, made statement to prevent Discrimina-tion |
Planned |
Regularly |
Once in last 3 yrs |
Once in last 4 yrs |
Never |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| SP-21 | 2.1 |
57.9 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
28.1 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
The health sector was also asked questions about discrimination. Health ministries and public health units were asked if they had published guidelines or directives to prevent sexual harassment or discrimination based on sexual orientation. Public health nurses were asked if they have had meetings or workshops with school personnel on these topics.
A minority of health respondents reported that they had published guidelines on discrimination and harassment. About one-third of public health nurses said that they have discussed such guidelines with school staffs.
Figure 31
| Published or Discussed Guidelines on Sexual Harassment Among Youth | Yes |
No |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| MOH-17c | 16.7 |
33.3 |
50 |
0 |
| PHU-13c | 19.8 |
68.1 |
3.5 |
8.6 |
| PHN-13c | 34.6 |
59.2 |
4.8 |
1.4 |
Similar responses were given to a question asking if public health respondents had published guidelines to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation. The majority of health respondents reported that they have not published guidelines to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation. About one-quarter of public health nurses reported that they have discussed such guidelines with school staffs.
Figure 32
| Published or Discussed Guidelines on Preventing Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation | Yes |
No |
Don’t Know |
No |
| PHU-13f | 19.1 |
63.5 |
6.9 |
10.5 |
| PHN-13f | 27.4 |
63.5 |
6.5 |
2.6 |
When asked if their organizations had issued guidelines on workplace policies for HIV/AIDS or worked with school staffs on such guidelines, the health respondents replied as follows. Most health ministries and public health units have such guidelines. About one- third of public health nurses said that they have discussed these guidelines with school staffs.
Figure 33
| Have or Discussed Workplace Policies on HIV |
Yes |
No |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| MOH - 17e | 91.7 |
0.0 |
8.3 |
|
| PHU - 13c) | 48.3 |
38.6 |
5.2 |
7.9 |
| PHN - 13e | 34.2 |
59.2 |
5.3 |
1.3 |