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#MeToo movement raged on social media, but only 21 move NCW since October

At present, there is no centralised list being compiled on sexual harassment complaints voiced on social media under #MeToo

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Amritha Pillay Mumbai
The National Commission for Women’s (NCW’s) attempt to formalise the #MeToo movement seems to have failed to yield the desired results. In reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query byBusiness Standard , NCW said that only 21 women had written to the Commission since October. 

“According to the record of the Commission, 21 complaints with effect from October 18 were received on the email ID till date,” the NCW said in its reply. On October 18, the NCW had in a statement said: “The Commission urges women who have come forward on social media and other platforms about their alleged