{"id":32696,"date":"2018-10-29T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=32696"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:30:27","slug":"when-woman-is-harassed-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/when-woman-is-harassed-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"When woman is harassed at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

When woman is harassed at work<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. India\u2019s #MeToo movement, with editors, actors and minister being publicly accused, is breaking the culture of silence around sexual harassment and everyday sexism marks a watershed moment in societal evolution.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act was passed in 2013.<\/li>\n
    2. It defines sexual harassment, lays down the procedures for a complaint and inquiry, and the action to be taken. It broadens the Vishaka guidelines, which were already in place.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Vishaka guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. These were laid down by the Supreme Court in a judgment in 1997.<\/li>\n
      2. This was on a case filed by women\u2019s rights groups, one of which was Vishaka.<\/li>\n
      3. They had filed a public interest litigation over the alleged gang-rape of Bhanwari Devi, a social worker from Rajasthan. In 1992, she had prevented the marriage of a one-year-old girl, leading to the gang-rape in an act of revenge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Sexual harassment as defined in the law<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Sexual harassment includes \u201cany one or more\u201d of the following \u201cunwelcome acts or behaviour\u201d committed directly or by implication:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n