Sexual harassment | Kerala Women’s Commission urges government to constitute internal complaints committee
The Hindu
The Commission has also requested Kerala government to enact a legislation for the benefits of employers and employees in the film industry
The Kerala Women’s Commission has informed the Kerala High Court that it has requested the State government to constitute an internal complaints committee to deal with the sexual harassment allegations in the Malayalam film industry and enact a legislation for the benefits of employers and employees in the film industry.
In a petition seeking to implead itself in a case filed by the Women in Cinema Collective and others, Commission Director Shaji Sugunan said it had approached the State government and sought constitution of a grievance redressal mechanism in terms of the Vishaka guidelines as well as under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 in the wake of “the gruesome sexual assaults” on a woman actor in 2017.