Aamir Khan, Ekta Kapoor, Rohan Sippy, Siddharth Roy Kapur initiate battle against sexual harassment

Yesterday, After Hrs reported how, in the wake of the #MeToo Movement, Aamir Khan had swung into action along with Siddharth Roy 

Kapur, President of the Producers Guild of India, to initiate guidelines for women’s safety in the film industry, namely: 

• To address the issue of sexual harassment, the Guild instituted a committee, which is headed by Sneha Rajani and comprises Apoorva Mehta, Ekta Kapoor, Fazila Allana, Jyoti Deshpande, Kiran Rao, Kulmeet Makkar, Madhu Bhojwani, Priti Shahani, Rohan Sippy, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Vijay Singh.
   
• In the first meeting held on Wednesday, the committee made two resolutions. Firstly, to ensure that the members are sent a copy of the Gazette of India with notifications issued on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace, so that they may implement these practices in their establishments at the earliest, if they have not done so already.
   
• The members organise specialised workshops with the support of professional agencies, to guide their members in how to implement robust processes and best practices to deal with sexual harassment at their workplaces — whether in their offices or on the sets of their productions.
   
• The Guild will organise multiple sessions of these workshops over the coming weeks and months to enable the members and their teams to participate.
   
• The special committee will also meet frequently in the coming days to ensure that this is an ongoing and sustained effort, which will lead to a safer environment for all members of the industry.