MONDAY, 20 AUGUST 2012 00:03
SUDHIR MISHRA IN 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 Mahilapolice 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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