Sexual harassment of women in the workplace

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As more and more women began to enter the workforce in an emerging Indian economy, the malady of sexual harassment began to manifest itself in a variety of fields.  From the police and the army to multinational corporations and sports, it is regrettable that no field of human endeavor has been left unaffected by this tragedy.  A legislative solution that could protect the rights of these working women was urgently required.  As has been the case with many laws, it was judicial activism that brought this one to the attention of the public for the first time.      What Do you Understand by Sexual Harassment in the workplace?    The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act of 2013 was passed to combat sexual harassment of women at work.  It defined sexual harassment, outlined the procedures for filing a complaint and conducting an investigation, as well as the actions that would be taken.     It widened the scope of the Vishaka guidelines, which had already been established. The Supreme Court of India issued a judgment in 1997 that established the Vishaka guidelines. This was in the context…

Environmental Issues & Human Intervention : A Direct Threat to Royals Kingdom- # Save Sunderbans

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Introduction Understanding The Mangrove Forests: – Mangroves are the plant-communities occurring in inter-tidal zones along the coasts of subtropical countries and Tropical countries. – Mangrove forests perform multiple ecological functions like production of woody trees, provision for habitat, food and spawning grounds facilities for fin-fish and shellfish, provide provision of habitat for different beautiful and…

Male Standards for Women in The Construction Sector

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The infrastructure sector is on the path of recovery from the shock caused due to pandemic. This sector provided job opportunities to millions of women as construction workers in the pre-crisis period. However, due to covid, these women lost their jobs and still remain unemployed. Today, the representation of women in the construction works have…

Legal Family structure: Oppressive and heteronormative

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In Indian society, the institution of the family is ingrained in sociocultural sexism having heteronormative parochial views where monogamy takes supersedence. There is no single definition of what constitutes a family. However, it is recognized that a family is an integral unit of society formed by interpersonal relationships. The broader and widely accepted definition in…

Restructuring Caste and Class: Its Link With Patriarchy

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This reflection paper is based upon my understanding of the reading ‘Of Rasoi ka kaam/Bathroom ka kaam: Perspectives of Women Domestic Workers’. “This reading begins with narrating how the idea of dirt is socially constructed. Dirt is something which has to be segregated from cleanliness.”[1] The author correlates dirt with domestic workers and brings several…