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Sexual harassment at workplaces significantly infringes the fundamental rights of both men and women to gender equality and social justice. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sexual harassment at workplaces significantly affects job satisfaction among workers in SMEs in the construction industry. The study employed a purely qualitative research methodology to carry out the study. Convenience sampling technique was employed to select the 50 (fifty) participants who took part in the study. All the 50 workers who participated in the study were drawn from ten (10) SME construction companies in the city of Masvingo in Zimbabwe. Data was solicited using a 14-item face to face interview guide which was developed by the researcher. Data was analyzed and interpreted using the thematic data analysis method. The study established that sexual harassment at workplaces directly and indirectly affects workers in the construction industry's job satisfaction levels. Sexual harassment at workplaces results in decreased work performance; increased absenteeism, loss of job or career, loss of income, being objectified and humiliated, loss of trust in the types of people that occupy similar positions as the harasser or his or her colleagues. Sexual harassment also leads to psychological disorders of victims. All the effects of sexual harassment negatively affect job satisfaction for workers in the construction industry. The study recommended that all arms of government responsible for enforcing sexual harassment laws and regulations should closely monitor sexual harassment activities in organizations and impose prohibitive sanctions upon the perpetrators. Organizations should also punish all the perpetrators of sexual harassment at workplaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper explores the conditions characterising stunting prevalence in food secure Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. Despite various studies undertaken on stunting in food insecure regions of Africa and Asia, little has been theorised on its determinants in the food secure areas of Chimanimani in Zimbabwe. A mixed-methods approach was used in data collection. Descriptive statistics and thematic content analysis were used on quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. Informed by the social ecological model, findings revealed that despite food security in the study area, nutrition insecurity existed. During 2014-2019, stunting among under five years was shown to be most prevalent in Ward 21b with a total of 272 patients and Ward 21a (208 patients), followed by Ward 22 (125), Ward 23 (113), Ward 16 (97), and the least in Ward 13 (62). In spite of their knowledge on stunting, 97% of the caregivers have not exclusively breastfed before complementary feeds, while only 3% purportedly practised it. Of the respondents, 40% revealed their children have once suffered from diarrhoea in the past 3 months, while 60% stated their children did not have diarrhoea in the last 3 months. While knowledge on infant and young child feeding are lacking at individual caregiver level andat interpersonal, community and organisational level, institutional constraints, disease prevalence, socio-economic barriers and maternal nutrition deficiency contribute to stunting prevalence. These exacerbate challenges in accessing various forms of capital assets. The study recommends strengthening collaborative health promotion activities, capacity building of organisations and community health structures on nutrition monitoring, and food security in households in need. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]