-The Hindu "Tehelka" tried to conceal the gravity of its Editor-in-Chief's alleged sexual assault, which is rape under the amended IPC. It tried to divert attention to an inquiry by an in-house committee mandated by a 2013 law meant to protect women in workplaces. This Act deals with sexual harassment of a lesser degree, the offences under it are non-cognisable, and it is in limbo since the government has failed to...
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Sexualized Workplaces, Predatory Men And The Rage Of Women -Nivedita Menon
-Outlook The case of the gutsy young Tehelka journalist, who has blown the cover on the sexual assault she faced from Tarun Tejpal, underlines the need to enforce the implementation of the Vishaka guidelines Listen. Can you hear it? That low growl on the horizon, coming closer, growing louder? It's the dam bursting its bounds. It's the quiet shriek of convivial silence being ripped apart. The silence around the normalizing of a...
More »A year on, POCSO plagued by lack of infrastructure, clear guidelines -DK Rituraj and Pritha Chatterjee
-The Indian Express New Delhi: It's exactly a year since the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) came into force on Children's Day. But child rights activists and lawyers say what was envisaged as a stringent law to bring down cases of child abuse still has teething problems. Doctors say there are no guidelines listing out the necessary steps that doctors need to take while examining child-victims. A doctor at the...
More »The right to safe abortions
-The Hindu With the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act coming into effect in 1972, India conveyed a strong message that it cared for the health of pregnant women who wanted to safely terminate their pregnancies. Yet, even four decades later, many women are still unaware that abortion is legal. Even access to safe abortion centres is severely restricted, especially in rural areas. As a result, there is a great...
More »Hush-hush no more: Women employees reporting more instances of sexual harassment after new law -Rica Bhattacharyya & Anumeha Chaturvedi
-The Economic Times MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: For almost eight months, 30-year-old Reena Sahani spurned inappropriate requests by her boss to meet him outside of work. He changed tack, loading her with more work to make her stay back late in office. Finally, emboldened by chats with a company-appointed counsellor, she lodged a complaint. Rooma Sircar, an IT executive, tolerated an innuendo of sexually explicit jokes by a senior male colleague for...
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