Jammu : Reaffirming its commitment towards ensuring safe, dignified and gender-responsive workplaces, Mission Shakti- District Hub for Empowerment of Women (DHEW), Department of Social Welfare J&K on Wednesday organised an awareness programme on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act here at the District Employment and Counselling Centre Jammu.
The programme aimed at sensitising employees to the legal safeguards, rights of women and institutional mechanisms available for the prevention and redressal of workplace sexual harassment.
Resource Person Advocate Ifra Nasir delivered an insightful lecture on the provisions of the POSH Act. She elaborated on the definition and forms of workplace sexual harassment, rights of aggrieved women, constitution and functioning of Internal Committees, responsibilities of employers and procedures for complaint redressal. She also emphasised the importance of preventive measures, institutional accountability and a safe working environment.
Officials from Mission Shakti Jammu also sensitised the participants to the SHe-Box Portal, an online platform of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, designed to facilitate the registration and monitoring of workplace sexual harassment complaints. They explained the portal’s purpose, accessibility and complaint-filing mechanism, encouraging employees to make use of this digital facility to seek redressal.
The programme highlighted that creating safe workplaces is not merely a statutory obligation but a collective institutional responsibility. It also stressed the need to strengthen awareness, encourage reporting and ensure effective implementation of the provisions of the POSH Act.
The programme concluded with a reaffirmation of the commitment to uphold women’s rights and promote a workplace culture founded on equality, respect and zero tolerance towards sexual harassment.
