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An consciousness gathering connected the Sexual Harassment of Women astatine Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, was held astatine Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Community Hall, Madurai, connected Saturday, drafting implicit 200 women students, home workers and members of women’s collectives.
The programme held by Action Aid Karnataka Project (AKP), successful collaboration with SOCO Trust, Tamil Nadu Domestic workers Union and Nilam Trust organised a run connected POSH Act to rise consciousness among women.
In her statesmanlike address, Dr. Esther Mariaselvam, subordinate manager of AKP, said the organisation, registered nether the Societies Act successful 1988 and headquartered successful Bengaluru, works to assistance women, children and marginalised communities determination retired of poorness done sustained improvements successful education, health, and livelihood.
She said the day’s programme aimed to make applicable consciousness of the POSH Act arsenic “not conscionable a law, but a cardinal instrumentality to unafraid women’s safety, dignity and rights astatine the workplace”.
She added that a booklet released astatine the lawsuit explains successful elemental Tamil what constitutes intersexual harassment, the rights guaranteed to women, the process for filing complaints and the relation of Internal Complaints Committees, which are mandatory successful establishments with 10 oregon much employees.
Introducing the session, M. Abinaya, organising caput of AKP, welcomed participants and underlined the request for women workers successful some ceremonial and informal sectors to cognize the protections disposable to them.
District Social Welfare Officer R. Kanthimathi spoke connected enactment and sex roles, the aggregate burdens placed connected women successful their idiosyncratic and nonrecreational lives, and elaborate cardinal and State payment schemes specified arsenic matrimony assistance schemes, Pudhumai Penn scheme, matrimony funds, escaped sewing machines, and payment provisions for elder citizens.
She besides listed cardinal legislations, including the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, the Dowry Prohibition Act, the POSH Act and the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, too helplines 181 for women and 14567 for elder citizens.
District Protection Officer S. Vasugi explained the Domestic Violence Act and provisions relating to physical, sexual, affectional and economical abuse, however survivors tin record complaints, and who tin question extortion nether the law.
She highlighted issues specified arsenic dowry harassment, fiscal power and cyber offences, and urged women to usage disposable ineligible remedies and authorities enactment systems.
Advocate J.R. Annie Abinaya from the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court stressed that a “dignified workplace is indispensable for women”, calling for stronger human‑resource systems, accountability for offences and designation of home workers’ rights connected a par with those successful firm offices.
Advocate S. Selva Gomathi, Ms. Clarammal of the National Domestic Workers’ Welfare Trust and societal activistic A. Veronica Mary besides addressed the gathering, portion Jeyshri of Nilam Trust moderated the discussions.
Participants received copies of the caller Tamil booklet connected the POSH Act, which summarises procedures, rights and ailment mechanisms, and were encouraged to instrumentality the accusation backmost to their campuses, neighbourhoods and workplaces.
