MONDAY,
20 AUGUST 2012 00:03
SUDHIR
MISHRA N BALANGIR
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Even though the Supreme Court has given a judgment and directed
all the Government departments to form a five-member committee to prevent
sexual exploitation of working women in Government offices, no such committee
has been formed in Balangir district.
This was observed by
Joint Registrar (Law) and Focal Point Human Rights Defender, NHRC, New Delhi AK
Parashar while speaking at the Mahila Adhikar Siksha Sibir organised jointly by
the Human Rights Front and the Odisha State Commission for Women here on
Saturday.
Parashar said that in
that committee there would be five members of whom three would be women.
Besides, there would be members from social service sectors along with their
phone numbers. After formation of the committee, it has to be notified in each
office so that if a working woman wants to lodge any complaint she would
contact them too and lodge her complaint in case any sexual harassment.
Even though Mahila
police stations have been opened all over the country, Balangir district has
not a single Mahila police station so far and it should be opened as early as
possible, said Parashar.
Among others, Balangir
SP R Praksh, Chairperson of State Commission for Women Jyoti Panigrahi, Manoj
Jena and Sakuntala Bhoi spoke on various provisions of IPC, steps to be taken
in cases of violation of women’s rights, various provisions to redress
grievances of women, steps by the Women’s Commission and the NHRC and legal
provisions against domestic violence.
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