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Delhi, Nov 7: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on
Tuesday launched a comprehensive online complaint system called #SHeBox,
dedicated to address harassment grievances faced by women in the workplace.
Her comments came at the launch function of the comprehensive online complaint system called #SHeBox, where she assured that her ministry 'is committed to combat violence and abuse of any form against women.' The initiative offered the facility of making online complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace to all women employees, including government and private, she noted, pointing out that the ministry had developed 'an online complaint management system to ensure effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Act. The idea behind the initiative was 'an effort to provide speedier remedy to women facing sexual harassment at the workplace'. To ensure a safe working environment for women, the Union Government has enacted the #SHeBox under the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013, she said. The #SHeBox is an interactive section where harassed women can voice grievances, ask questions and give suggestions. To help the employee and employers better deal with sexual harassment at the workplace, the facility provides essential resources, informative videos and empanelled institutions. Complainants have been asked to speak up and flag the ministry if needed in the event if their organisations had not constituted an Internal Complaints Committee to redress these grievances. Users of the complaints box had the option of interacting with the WCD ministry through the portal, with an assured time-bound response. It also facilitated both the ministry as well as the complainant to monitor the progress of inquiry. UNI
Her comments came at the launch function of the comprehensive online complaint system called #SHeBox, where she assured that her ministry 'is committed to combat violence and abuse of any form against women.' The initiative offered the facility of making online complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace to all women employees, including government and private, she noted, pointing out that the ministry had developed 'an online complaint management system to ensure effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Act. The idea behind the initiative was 'an effort to provide speedier remedy to women facing sexual harassment at the workplace'. To ensure a safe working environment for women, the Union Government has enacted the #SHeBox under the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013, she said. The #SHeBox is an interactive section where harassed women can voice grievances, ask questions and give suggestions. To help the employee and employers better deal with sexual harassment at the workplace, the facility provides essential resources, informative videos and empanelled institutions. Complainants have been asked to speak up and flag the ministry if needed in the event if their organisations had not constituted an Internal Complaints Committee to redress these grievances. Users of the complaints box had the option of interacting with the WCD ministry through the portal, with an assured time-bound response. It also facilitated both the ministry as well as the complainant to monitor the progress of inquiry. UNI
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