Sexual harassment is unwanted sexual attention of any form that makes you feel humiliated, degraded or scared.

Sexual harassment may include:

• sexual comments or jokes
• someone showing pictures, photos or drawings of a sexual nature
• someone sending e-mails, text messages or similar with sexual content
• other inappropriate behaviour, including unwelcome sexual advancement and touching
• various forms of sexual abuse

If you are sexually harassed in connection with your studies or work, you should:

• tell someone you trust, e. g. your immediate leader, the Head of Studies, the safety representative, the Student Ombudsperson, the employee representative, or  others who can help you. Your manager has a duty to look into the matter, whereas the student ombudsman provides you with information about your rights without triggering an obligation to do so.
• you can also seek advice from The Student Welfare Organization, an HR employee or The Occupational Health Service
• write down time and place, what happened and how you reacted.

As an employee, you should also report if you become aware of any harassment occurring.

Employees and students have the right to report objectionable conditions at their workplace or place of study. Retaliation against those who report is prohibited. This is described in the Working Environment Act § 2 A-4 (NO) and the Universities and University Colleges Act § 10-4 (NO).Your place of study or work must have a formal procedure for following-up reports of sexual harassment. They are responsible for following-up.