Starting A New Business? 7 Key Points To Keep In Mind.
Leave of ninety days, for women who have filed complaints of sexual harassment in government offices. A big relief for victims and women in general.
Leave of ninety days now for women who have filed complaints of sexual harassment in government offices. A big relief for female victims.
Who said working women enjoy greater dignity than their peers? There are predators working at every level who slog day and night in order to jeopardize a woman’s sense of security and independence!
Media is replete with harrowing tales of women who get molested in work places. Sexual harassment in work places is an age old phenomenon.
Showing pornography, demand or request for sexual favours, sexually coloured remarks are all forms of sexual harassment that women go through. The government has, however, taken a concrete step by granting a paid leave of three months during the pendency of enquiry.
This will ensure that the victim doesn’t get harassed or threatened by the accused to take back the case or humiliate them further which makes their lives more difficult.
It will also come as a relief to the victims who undergo a lot of trauma while working in the office in the presence of the accused. Moreover, three months of paid leave will also give victims the required time to work on any psychological scars that they may have developed during the difficult phase.
Support from family and friends is crucial to help the victim get back to normal life and regain the confidence lost. Apart from the fact that they will get a lot of time to recuperate emotionally, this apposite measure taken by the government will help ensure that women speak about this issue openly without worrying too much about the financial loss they will have to incur.
While the government has done a really appreciable job, the onus of helping the victim regain her confidence and return to work lies on the colleagues. Looking down upon the victim, gossiping about her or naming the accused in front of the victim can add to her woes. She shouldn’t be made to feel guilty of voicing her opinion against an issue that was affecting her a lot. After all, three months of paid leave doesn’t help if she is sniggered at when she returns to work.
Redressal mechanisms should be initiated in all the workplaces which employ people of both the genders as per the guidelines. They can play a monumental role in making women aware of the various rights they have at workplaces and how to get due justice if they are harassed.
A lot needs to be done in the area of women safety at workplaces so that more and more women join the workforce and make a living without fear.
Image Source: Pixabay
read more...
Women's Web is an open platform that publishes a diversity of views, individual posts do not necessarily represent the platform's views and opinions at all times.
Stay updated with our Weekly Newsletter or Daily Summary - or both!
If a woman insists on her prospective groom earning enough to keep her comfortable, she is not being “lazy”. She is just being practical, just like men!
When an actress described women as “lazy” because they choose not to have careers and insist on only considering prospective grooms who earn a lot, many jumped to her defence.
Many men (and women) shared stories about how “choosy” women have now become.
One wrote in a now-deleted post that when they were looking for a bride for her brother, the eligible women all laid down impossible conditions – they wanted the groom to be not more than 3 years older than them, to earn at least 50k per month, and to agree to live in an independent flat.
Most of my women clients are caregivers—as mothers, wives and daughters. And so, they tend to feel guilty about their ambitions. Belief in themselves is hard to come by.
* All names mentioned in the article have been changed to respect client confidentiality.
“I don’t want to take a pay cut and accept the offer, but everyone around me is advising me to take up what comes my way,” Tanya* told me over the phone while I was returning home from the New Delhi World Book Fair. “Should I take it up?” She summed up her dilemma and paused.
I have been coaching Tanya for the past three months. She wants to change her industry, and we have been working together on a career transition roadmap.
Please enter your email address