Introduction

Sexual harassment at a workplace is considered violation of women‘s right to equality, life and liberty. It creates an insecure and hostile work/study environment, which discourage women’s participation in work/study, thereby adversely affecting their social and economic empowerment and the goal of inclusive growth. With more and more women joining the workforce/study, ensuring an enabling work/study environment for women through legislation is felt imperative by the Government and thereupon by the institution.

Preamble

With regard to the Supreme Court Judgment and guidelines issued in 1997 to provide for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment and abuse, more particularly against sexual harassment at work places, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued circulars since 1998, to all the universities, advising them to establish a permanent cell and a committee; to develop guidelines to combat sexual harassment, violence against women and ragging at the universities and colleges and finally the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) POSH Act 2013. Keeping the above guidelines in view, Salesian College is committed to implementing all the provisions of the POSH and other relevant acts on prevention of Sexual harassment in the college.

Salesian College is committed to creating and maintaining a community in which students, teachers and non-teaching staff can work together in an environment free of violence, harassment, exploitation, intimidation and stress. This includes all forms of gender violence, sexual harassment and discrimination on the basis of sex/gender or amongst the same sex members. Every member of the College should be aware that while the College is committed to the right to freedom of expression and association, it strongly support gender equality and opposes any form of gender discrimination and violence.

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