Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi today announced her ministry will be setting up a four-member committee to examine all #MeToo cases.
Speaking to news agency PTI, Gandhi said that a four-member committee of retired judges will be formed for all the recent cases that have come up in the past few days under the #MeToo campaign.
She said that she believes in all the women who have come out with complaints of sexual harassment. “I believe in the pain and trauma behind every single complaint. Cases of sexual harassment at work must be dealt with a policy of zero tolerance, she said.
Official statement of Union Minister Smt. @ManekaGandhiBJP on #MeTooIndia movement.#SexualHarassmentAtWork #DrawTheLine pic.twitter.com/5ELHZVHnth
— Ministry of WCD (@MinistryWCD) October 12, 2018
“I believe in the pain and trauma behind every single complaint. Cases of #SexualHarassmentAtWork must be dealt with a policy of zero tolerance,” Smt. @ManekaGandhiBJP on #MeTooIndia#DrawTheLine pic.twitter.com/UhDRqyeRkw
— Ministry of WCD (@MinistryWCD) October 12, 2018
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“I believe in the pain and trauma behind every single complaint. Cases of #SexualHarassmentAtWork must be dealt with a policy of zero tolerance,” Smt. @ManekaGandhiBJP on #MeTooIndia#DrawTheLine pic.twitter.com/UhDRqyeRkw
— Ministry of WCD (@MinistryWCD) October 12, 2018
The committee will look into the legal & institutional framework which is in place for handling complaints of #SexualHarassmentAtWork and advise the
Ministry on how to strengthen these frameworks.#MeTooIndia #DrawTheLine— Ministry of WCD (@MinistryWCD) October 12, 2018
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