In a proactive step that will help women work in safer working environment in offices without fear of exploitation and harassment, the government has introduced the protection of women against sexual harassment at work place bill 2010.

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The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday amid chaos and demand for joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on 2G spectrum scam.The proposed law brought by ministry of women and child development (WCD), is seen as an important step towards gender empowerment and equality.

“With more and more women joining the workforce, both in organised and unorganised sectors, ensuring an enabling working environment for women through legislation is felt imperative by the government”, said minister for state for WCD Krishna Tirath while introducing the bill.

This legislation guards women from any moves, gestures and words by men at their workplace and would ensure that no acts of men are loaded with sexual connotations that can put their women colleagues to discomfort. It not only protects women from their own male colleagues but also from persons coming into contact with them at their workplace.

The new law will have an effective complaints and redressal mechanism.