Almost 24 years after India got its first guidelines to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace and eight years after the government enacted a law for it, there are few
8 years on, poor compliance with sexual harassment law at workplace
While many women in formal employment can take advantage of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, the majority of India's women, who work in the informal sector, have no such access
 "workplace sexual harassment, women, office, gender")
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Sometimes institutional processes are unclear even for women in the formal sector
Topics : POCSO Sexual harassment Crime against women Sexual harassment case M J Akbar National Family Health Survey
First Published: Feb 23 2021 | 9:20 AM IST
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