One in four World Bank employees have experienced some form of harassment

A survey of the World Bank Employees' Association indicates that 25% of employees were victims of harassment in the institution. Among men, the percentage of those reporting sexual violence was only 4%.

The survey, to which the newspaper El País had access, was obtained from the responses of 5,056 people

The survey defines harassment as cases of " unwanted advancement, requests for sexual favors "or any other sexual action that interferes with work or creates intimidating environment

Only 12% of people reported reporting episodes of harassment (14% among women), and most of them said they were dissatisfied with the consequences of the denunciations.

Of those who do not complain publicly, 32% feared consequences if they did, 27% believed that nothing would change and 23% did not trust the system. In the survey, 57% of the participants were women, 40% men and 3% unidentified. Two-thirds of World Bank staff work at headquarters in Washington, where there have been more complaints of abuse than in other country offices.