December 25 – 26: Mumbai: National Consultation on Sexual Harassment
Greetings from the Campaign Against Sexual Harassment, ICHRL !
This is to invite you for the two day National Consultation on Sexual
Harassment At Workplace in the month of December’08.
We will be looking at and doing an overview of the status of implementation
of the Vishakha Guidelines (1997) and the interim orders issued by the
Supreme Court in the case namely Medha Kotwal and Others vs.Union of India
and Others across work sectors.
We are planning to initiate a discussion about the latest draft Bill namely
Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2007
introduced by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (Govt. of India)
with an aim to chalk out a socio-legal strategy to ensure effective
prevention and redressal strategies to combat sexual harassment at
workplace.
We will circulate a tentative programme schedule asap.
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Dates : 25th Dec’08 and 26th Dec’08
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Days : Thursday and Friday
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Timing : 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
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Place : J. J. Nursing Home, Near INS Hamla, Aksa, Malad (West), Mumbai.
We look forward to your active presence and participation during the
programme.
Please confirm your participation with Anagha at 9869661721 or Snehal at
9821792728 or Chitra / Kumar at 23439651 / 23436692.
In Solidarity
Anagha Sarpotdar
Women Justice Initiative
India Center for Human Rights and Law
Mumbai