SATV, Kathmandu, Mar. 25 - The findings were presented today at the launch of the Sexual Harassment Response Protocol for Media Professionals at a hotel in the capital.

The survey, conducted in 2025 by the World Association of News Publishers in partnership with BBC Media Action, included 100 women and 190 men. Four respondents did not disclose their gender, while 45 preferred not to reveal their identity.

The findings showed that 60 percent of women who experienced harassment reported verbal abuse, compared with 9 percent of men.

Online harassment was reported by 48 percent of women and 15 percent of men, while physical harassment was reported by 24 percent of women and 7 percent of men.

Among the 339 respondents, seven women and two men said they had experienced rape.

Arafat Siddique of BBC Media Action presented the findings at the event around 11:30am.

The survey also highlighted weak institutional responses, particularly in cases of verbal harassment.

No institutional action was taken in 43 percent of cases where women reported verbal harassment. For men, no action was taken in 60 percent of such incidents.

Where action was taken, issuing warnings to the perpetrator was the most common response, according to the findings.

The programme was organised by BBC Media Action under its Strengthening Women Journalists' Network to Tackle Sexual Harassment initiative, supported by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, in partnership with the Women Journalists Network Bangladesh.

Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh President Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, also editor-in-chief of Manab Zamin, BBC Media Action Country Director (Bangladesh) Al Mamun, Media Development Manager Rashedul Hasan, and Women Journalists Network Bangladesh Coordinator Angur Nahar Monty, also present at the programme.