BHUBANESWAR: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has stressed the need for proper training for committee members for effective enforcement and capacity-building initiatives to prevent sexual harassment of women at workplace.
NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said at a review meeting that working women can balance both their homes and jobs effectively, as long as they are provided with a safe and respectful workplace.
“Sexual harassment can only be prevented through the proper implementation of the POSH Act and widespread public awareness about it,” she said.
The POSH Act, officially known as the ‘Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013,’ is designed to protect women from sexual harassment at work and provides a structured mechanism to address such complaints.
Rahatkar suggested formation of internal committees in workplaces and regional committees in every district of the state and training programmes for committee members.
She called for greater public awareness of the law through advertisements and hoardings in public spaces.
The meeting was attended by Odisha’s women and child development department principal secretary Shubha Sharma, IG S. Saini, divisional director Monisha Banerjee, and senior officers of various departments and nodal officers from the state government.
