NEW
DELHI: In a move aimed at strengthening the framework against sexual
harassment at workplace, the ministry of women and child
development is set to launch an e-platform this month to enable women employees
of the central government to file their complaints in such cases online. It
will be a reporting mechanism like the e-box for cases of sexual abuse of
children.
The
Union government has a strength of 30.87 lakh employees. According to the
census of central government employees of 2011, women constitute 10.93% of the
total force.
"We
are going to launch an online platform where women can file sexual harassment-related
complaints," Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka Gandhi told
reporters on the sidelines of a workshop for capacity building of chairpersons
of internal complaints committees of ministries and departments. The e-platform
will be hosted on the WCD ministry's website.
"We
hope our ICCs work in such a way that hopefully , we won't have the need for
using such a platform to seek redressal. Also, we have had an e-box facility
for the last one year for children to file complaints anonymously . We have
received hundreds of cases through that," Maneka said.
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