INS Monitoring Desk
Srinagar,24 october:
The Govt. has constituted a group of ministers(GOM),headed by home minister Rajnath Singh,to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks to deal with and prevent sexual harassment at the workplace .
The GOM, will have road transport minister Nithin Gadkari,defence minister Nirmala Sitharam and women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi as members reports Business Standard.
The GoM will examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks for dealing with matters of sexual harassment of women at workplace.Besides,recommend action required for effective implementation of the existing provisions, as well as for strengthening the existing legal and institutional frameworks for addressing issues related to sexual harassment at workplace.
The GoM has been set up in the wake of #MeToo movement where several women have publicly named people who had harassed them at their workplace.
It is pertinent to mention here that former editor M J Akbar had to resign as Minister of State for External Affairs.
