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Govt mulling formation of GoM to look into lacunae in sexual harassment law

The proposal comes days after Maneka Gandhi proposed formation of a legal panel to look into the legal and institutional framework in place for handling complaints of sexual harassment

PM Modi accepts M J Akbar's resignation from council of ministers: Source

In a brief statement, Akbar said he had decided to seek justice in a court of law in his personal capacity

Allegations against me malicious: Vikas Bahl in response to IFTDA notice

Vikas Bahl has responded to the show cause notice sent to him by Indian Film & Television Directors' Association (IFTDA), saying the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him are "false, malicious, motivated". Last year, a female employee at the now dissolved Phantom Films, which had Bahl as one of the partners along side Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena, had alleged that Bahl sexually harassed in Goa in 2015. In his response to the notice, which was sent to him by IFTDA earlier this month, the "Queen" director said no criminal complaint has been filed against him and he should be presumed to be innocent till proven guilty. "I deny all the alleged sexual harassment charges levelled against me and as stated in your said notice. These alleged charges are not only false, erroneous, malicious, motivated but have no factual basis. "Further, you may also not that till date neither has any criminal complaint been filed against me in respect of the alleged ..

#MeToo: Lessons India can take from Bangladesh NGOs to find 'missing women'

The role NGOs played in promoting gender equality in Bangladesh has lessons for India

What the women's movement today can learn from 19th-century social reforms

How Raja Rammohun Roy and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar helped abolish the sati system and 'permanent widowhood'

Sexual harassment: Editors Guild asks media firms to hold unbiased probe

'It is worse when the perpetrators also happen to be enjoying senior or supervisory positions in the profession,' the Guild said