Events

Amity Law School organized a Workshop on "Preventing Sexual Harassment at Workplace" at Amity University Gurugram. The main aim of the worskshop was to acquaint employees and employers with the concepts of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, the relative laws as well as better understanding of their Rights, Redressal Mechanisms and Committee that help them to resolve these issues. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Rajulben L.Desai, Hon’ble Member National Commission for Women, distinguished academician, a prominent educationist and social worker.

Dr. Rajulben L.Desai, in her address, critiqued the Patriarchal system that internalizes discrimination against women. She exposed the hypocrisy of de-feminization and the politics of female subjugation by commenting critically on various false social practices and spoke on the challenges women face in this regard. She pointed out that various organizations, including all educational institutions and scientific institutes, should have an Internal Complaints Committee for investigating and taking action on complaints of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace. 

She however, admitted that things have begun to change with education, which is making women realize that they are not inferior. She ended her speech with an optimistic note on the current advancement of Gender Equality and Gender Justice and urged the participants to create awareness among men and women both to fight against this menace.