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Vishaka Guidelines against Sexual Harassment at Workplace

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: October 29, 2021 15:48 IST

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Women often face sexual harassment in the workplace. Women are not keen to report this harassment out of fear or any other reason. It is more convenient to change jobs than that.
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If women are being mentally and physically abused in the workplace, there is a facility to seek redressal. Meanwhile, 88 percent of women face sexual harassment in the workplace. 50% of women find abusive language in the workplace, intentional touch, sexual pleasure, etc.
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The Visakha Guidelines were issued by the Supreme Court in 1997 to prevent sexual harassment of women in the workplace. If a woman is being treated unfairly in the workplace, she can go to court to seek justice, the guidelines say.
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Corporates have also been instructed to conduct internal inquiries into the harassment of women. According to a survey, only 69 percent of companies have set up an internal inquiry committee.
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Sixty percent of the companies have not even given the necessary training to the members of the committee to investigate the injustice done to women. What is special is that one-third of women do not know that there is a law called Visakha Guidelines.
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1) Sexual harassment2) Trying to get close3) Physical touching,4) Demanding sexual pleasure 5) Humiliating in public
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If a woman in any organization is being abused, a complaint should be lodged within three months. The internal inquiry committee of the organization may also grant an extension. In case of resignation, the complaint has to be filed within a certain period of time.
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