#MeToo and Indian workplaces: Advocate Sonal Mattoo on the movement's lessons for organisations
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo and Indian workplaces: Advocate Sonal Mattoo on the movement's lessons for organisations

Firstpost  

As #MeToo allegations continue to tumble out on social media, what is the mandate for Indian workplaces? Another issue that’s coming up is that some women had spoken about their experiences to certain people, and these people, in turn, made excuses for the behaviour flagged, saying things like “just deal with it”. Where we’ve succeeded is organisations that take sexual harassment very seriously have gone beyond treating compliance as a mere tick in a box. And then there’s the ‘spirit of the law’ — where, when somebody comes to you and raises a concern, will you tell them “go get me six copies and only then will I take cognisance of your complaint”? Of course, you will fulfil the ‘letter’ of the law — but don’t make it uncomfortable for people who come to you in emotionally difficult moments of their lives and career.

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What’s behind India’s latest #MeToo movement in Malayalam cinema?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s behind India’s latest #MeToo movement in Malayalam cinema?

Al Jazeera  

A probe panel’s report has lifted the veil on widespread sex abuse in the industry, with more women coming forward with allegations too. Sexual harassment is “the worst evil” faced by women in the industry, the report, which spans more than 200 pages, said. “Casting couch”: The report said that women in the industry, especially aspiring actresses, are pressured for …

72 Personalities Write To Kerala CM Amid Malayalam MeToo Shockers: 'This Is a Deeply Disturbing...'
4 months, 1 week ago

72 Personalities Write To Kerala CM Amid Malayalam MeToo Shockers: 'This Is a Deeply Disturbing...'

News 18  

In a joint appeal, 72 prominent personalities, including author Arundhati Roy, have urged the Kerala Chief Minister to enact a law addressing concerns raised by the Justice K Hema Committee report on sexual atrocities against women in the film field. One of the signatories, T M Krishna, in a post on social media platform Instagram, expressed solidarity with women in …

WCC steps up campaign for safe workplaces in Malayalam film industry as more women raise allegations
4 months, 2 weeks ago

WCC steps up campaign for safe workplaces in Malayalam film industry as more women raise allegations

The Hindu  

Even as more women came out with allegations against male actors and filmmakers of the Malayalam film industry, the Women in Cinema Collective which catalysed the publication of the Justice K. Hema Committee report has stepped up its campaign for safe workplaces in the industry. It was as per the demands of the WCC that the Kerala government constituted the …

The stickiness of sexual harassment
1 year ago

The stickiness of sexual harassment

Hindustan Times  

To understand how little has changed for women fighting workplace sexual harassment consider how the year began, and how it is drawing to a close. January began with a wintery and unprecedented public protest by India’s most decorated wrestlers against alleged sexual harassment by their federation chief. Then, last week, a dramatic open letter by a junior woman judge asking …

#MeToo movement, it turns out, was just a fleeting moment
1 year, 5 months ago

#MeToo movement, it turns out, was just a fleeting moment

Al Jazeera  

The #MeToo movement was, it would appear, nothing but a fleeting moment. Indeed, some six years after thousands of women started using the viral hashtag to publicise their experiences of sexual harassment and three years after powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was jailed for rape and sexual assault, sex-based violence is still endemic not just in Hollywood, but also in …

Here's how working women can avoid sexual harassment
1 year, 7 months ago

Here's how working women can avoid sexual harassment

Deccan Chronicle  

Facing sexual harassment at the workplace and indifference from the internal committee for such issues in your organisation? Working women, who fall prey to sexual harassment at workplaces can now avail of all the ‘sahas’ they need to put their harassers behind bars. The Women Safety Wing of the Telangana state police is all set to launch SAHAS — an …

Why The Workplace Sexual Harassment Law In India Is Focused On Women?
1 year, 10 months ago

Why The Workplace Sexual Harassment Law In India Is Focused On Women?

Live Law  

At outset, I would like to clarify the nowhere the article is in denial of the fact that individuals not assigned female sex at birth and those who do not identify themselves as women are not victims of workplace sexual harassment. However, the article is an attempt to explain reasons for India having a workplace sexual harassment law for women. …

Where the #MeToo movement stands, 5 years after Weinstein allegations came to light
2 years, 2 months ago

Where the #MeToo movement stands, 5 years after Weinstein allegations came to light

NPR  

Where the #MeToo movement stands, 5 years after Weinstein allegations came to light Enlarge this image toggle caption Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images It was five years ago this month that the very first article by journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's decades of sexual misconduct. Sexual …

The Parts of #MeToo That Still Endure
2 years, 3 months ago

The Parts of #MeToo That Still Endure

Slate  

Despite the catch-all name, I suspect we all have different definitions. Surveys of employees and human resources professionals conducted after #MeToo found that companies were taking new steps to prevent misconduct, workers were demanding more transparency around sexual harassment policies, and boards of directors were taking an interest in the issue for the first time. While much has been made …

DCW seeks strict implementation of law against sexual harassment of women at workplace
2 years, 3 months ago

DCW seeks strict implementation of law against sexual harassment of women at workplace

India TV News  

Highlights Notices were issued to all the district magistrates in Delhi seeking specific information. The Delhi Commission for Women has recently put forward a report about various 'lapses' in the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace law to the Delhi government. It said the low number of complaints registered could also be due to a lack of …

Companies alarmed at rise in workplace harassment
2 years, 6 months ago

Companies alarmed at rise in workplace harassment

Live Mint  

India Inc is concerned about rising instances of workplace harassment as companies order employees back to offices or adopt a hybrid model. Diversity consultants and lawyers who are part of harassment investigation committees said the number of cases they have handled in the first six months of the year have already reached or are close to breaching last year’s numbers. …

Will academia ever have its #MeToo moment?
3 years, 2 months ago

Will academia ever have its #MeToo moment?

Al Jazeera  

Recent reporting from Al Jazeera has revealed that prominent male academics at elite universities in the United Kingdom have sexually harassed multiple students and staff, and that this has continued unabated for decades, across different institutions and even continents. Subsequently, we published a study of women’s experiences of trying to report sexual harassment from staff, finding that the process was …

Can India's Supreme Court Ride out the Pegasus Scandal?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can India's Supreme Court Ride out the Pegasus Scandal?

The Quint  

Bhanwari’s tears ensured that the cry of India’s women for a safe workplace reverberated in India’s highest Court. The Court did not disappoint and its landmark guidelines on addressing sexual harassment at the workplace laid down in Vishakha’s Case ensured that an issue, hitherto brushed under the carpet, was mainstreamed into India’s public life. The Court had exercised its inherent …

After the landmark #MeToo case, will women finally speak up?
3 years, 10 months ago

After the landmark #MeToo case, will women finally speak up?

Live Mint  

It would have been a routine workplace sexual harassment awareness session, with me droning on into the Zoom void about a law that is still a long distance from universal comprehension, leave alone compliance. Most of the women who suffer abuse do not speak up about it or against it for simple reason ‘The Shame’ or the social stigma attached …

#Metoo: I Was the Victim Who Had to Stand up in Court As Accused, Says Elated Priya Ramani
3 years, 10 months ago

#Metoo: I Was the Victim Who Had to Stand up in Court As Accused, Says Elated Priya Ramani

News 18  

Journalist Priya Ramani, who was acquitted on Wednesday by a Delhi court in a criminal defamation case lodged by MJ Akbar, said she felt vindicated on behalf of all the women who have ever spoken out against sexual harassment at work place. Reacting to the judgment by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey, who dismissed the complaint filed by …

MeToo: Priya Ramani Had No Right to Accuse Me of Sexual Harassment as She Had No Proof, Akbar Tells Court
4 years ago

MeToo: Priya Ramani Had No Right to Accuse Me of Sexual Harassment as She Had No Proof, Akbar Tells Court

News 18  

Former Union minister M J Akbar told a Delhi court on Thursday that journalist Priya Ramani had no right to accuse him of sexual misconduct that allegedly took place decades ago as she could not prove it. Akbar made the submission before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar through senior advocate Geeta Luthra during the final hearing in a criminal …

#MeToo: Women speaking up against MJ Akbar required celebration, Priya Ramani tells court
4 years, 1 month ago

#MeToo: Women speaking up against MJ Akbar required celebration, Priya Ramani tells court

India Today  

The journalist, facing trial in a defamation case filed by the former union minister for allegedly defaming him by accusing him of sexual misconduct 20 years back, asserted that speaking up on the #MeToo platform was not a crime and that these are “acts of extreme courage that require celebration”. Women who spoke about the sexual misconduct of former union …

Time's Up study: Many who report harassment face retaliation
4 years, 2 months ago

Time's Up study: Many who report harassment face retaliation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tejani said the study was conducted nearly three years …

Indian women in informal sector 'learn to ignore' sexual abuse at work
4 years, 3 months ago

Indian women in informal sector 'learn to ignore' sexual abuse at work

The Hindu  

From lewd comments to demands for sex, women working in India's vast informal sector rarely report sexual harassment for fear of losing their jobs, labour rights campaigners said on Wednesday, three years after the #MeToo movement began. From street vendors and factory workers to domestic workers, 95% of Indian women work in the informal sector and many are exploited regularly, …

Importance Of The #MeToo Movement Can't Be Contested: Senior Advocate Rebecca John Argues In MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani
4 years, 4 months ago

Importance Of The #MeToo Movement Can't Be Contested: Senior Advocate Rebecca John Argues In MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Priya Ramani

Live Law  

While making her final arguments on behalf of journalist Priya Ramani who's facing a criminal defamation case for sharing her experience with MJ Akbar, Senior Advocate Rebecca M John categorically stated that the Ramani's statements were made in the context of the #MeToo movement and the importance of this movement can't be contested. To argue that raising a voice against …

Functioning Of Local Committees Under The Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace Act
4 years, 5 months ago

Functioning Of Local Committees Under The Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace Act

Live Law  

Vishaka Guidelines The legal recourse on the issue of sexual harassment in India came only in the 1990s, though the country signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on 30 July 1980 and ratified it on 9 July 1993. Banka, R : "Delhi High Court Sets Aside LCC's Order on Sexual Harassment Complaint," Hindustan …

#MeToo in the age of coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

#MeToo in the age of coronavirus

Live Mint  

Even before the lockdown started on 25 March, AJ’s colleagues at her PR firm had begun to work from home. “I really could catch a break.” In January, she had approached the office internal complaints committee and shown the lewd messages she had received from her boss. “Most of his messages were on texts, which meant he could have continued …

Leena Manimekalai on India's #MeToo movement, fighting defamation case: 'Absolute truth is my absolute defence'
4 years, 10 months ago

Leena Manimekalai on India's #MeToo movement, fighting defamation case: 'Absolute truth is my absolute defence'

Firstpost  

Poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, who has just finished the tenth hearing of the case filed against her on 7 March by Tamil film director Susi Ganesan, says the MeToo movement in India is an example of how the society consistently continues to fail the women. Poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, who has just concluded the tenth hearing of the …

Chinmayi on #MeToo: Women are trained not to retaliate
4 years, 10 months ago

Chinmayi on #MeToo: Women are trained not to retaliate

India Today  

On Thursday, singer Chinmayi Sripaada took to her Instagram to share a screengrab that speaks about Oscar-award winning producer Harvey Weinstein, who was accused of multiple sexual assaults. She wrote, "It could take 13 women so far against Vairamuthu.Scores of people banned by Mr Radha Ravi.Multiple girls naming Mr Anu Malik, Kailash Kher or Singer Karthik or Raghu Dixit but …

#MeToo and the Weinstein verdict: What now for working women?
4 years, 10 months ago

#MeToo and the Weinstein verdict: What now for working women?

Al Jazeera  

High-profile verdict spotlights how much needs to be done to root out sexual harassment in workplaces. “I regret that it took so many women to hold one man to account,” Purna Sen, UN-Women’s spokesperson on Addressing Sexual Harassment and Other Forms of Discrimination, told Al Jazeera. #MeToo by the numbers Some 38 percent of US women reported experiencing sexual harassment …

Where Does the #MeToo Movement Stand Post the Utsav-Mahima Spat?
5 years, 1 month ago

Where Does the #MeToo Movement Stand Post the Utsav-Mahima Spat?

The Quint  

Almost a year after the #MeToo movement struck India, a rash of accused perpetrators have started making their sometimes-sly, sometimes-loud comebacks. YouTuber Utsav Chakraborty, who was called out by a number of women for sexual misconduct and sexual harassment in the wake of the #MeToo movement in October 2018, took to Twitter last month to come out ‘clean’. After his …

Indian art world's #MeToo reckoning: Toxic patriarchal conditioning must be dismantled for true change – Firstpost
5 years, 2 months ago

Indian art world's #MeToo reckoning: Toxic patriarchal conditioning must be dismantled for true change – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part column by art writer and critic Rosalyn D’Mello on the patriarchal conditioning at the core of the Indian art world, which has impeded a meaningful engagement with the #MeToo movement. pic.twitter.com/rZOgMRIcel — #MeTooIndia October 5, 2019 When @MeTooIndia tweeted a picture of the email, because it had been included in the …

A year of talking about #MeToo: What has changed in the internal lives of women since the movement's second wave?
5 years, 2 months ago

A year of talking about #MeToo: What has changed in the internal lives of women since the movement's second wave?

Firstpost  

What if we understand #MeToo not through where the outed men are, but through how it has affected women’s internal lives — our time, our work, our relationships? It has been one year since a second wave of women’s #MeToo narratives took over social media in India, and two years since the “List” of sexual harassers in academia was first …

Uphill Task: Survey Finds the Going is Tough for Working Women in India
5 years, 3 months ago

Uphill Task: Survey Finds the Going is Tough for Working Women in India

News 18  

An all-India study, one of the largest since Independence, has shed new light on the challenges faced by working women in India. Just 10 per cent working women in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir have access to crèche while this facility is almost non-existent in border areas of West Bengal. A significant number of working women told the surveyors …

Victoria’s Secret models call #TimesUp on sexual harassment; is fashion industry's #MeToo reckoning here?
5 years, 4 months ago

Victoria’s Secret models call #TimesUp on sexual harassment; is fashion industry's #MeToo reckoning here?

Firstpost  

Victoria’s Secret came under the media glare when over 100 models signed an open letter asking that the company do more to protect its models from sexual harassment, after allegations came up against several of their photographers abusing their models, and of other shocking cases of sexual assault, rape and sex trafficking. *** Wherever I’ve gone over the last year …

'Its Unfortunate That Women Who Faced Sexual Harassment Have To Defend Criminal Proceedings For Telling The Truth': Priya Ramani Tells Court
5 years, 4 months ago

'Its Unfortunate That Women Who Faced Sexual Harassment Have To Defend Criminal Proceedings For Telling The Truth': Priya Ramani Tells Court

Live Law  

Priya Ranani gave her statement under section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code, before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, at the Rouse Avenue Court. Ms Ramani also stated that her article in Vogue Magazine was not intended to harm the reputation of Mr Akbar but only to bring about the stories of multiple women who have faced sexual harassment …

The MeToo evolution
5 years, 5 months ago

The MeToo evolution

BBC  

The MeToo evolution Piero Zagami and Michela Nicchiotti How a worldwide movement has changed – and is still changing – the workplace as we know it. Entering the zeitgeist in late 2017 when the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, the movement has snowballed far beyond Hollywood to multiple industries, including the restaurant world and sport. As time has passed, it’s sparked …

#MeToo in India: Speaking up against non-sexual harassment should be the next logical step for the movement
5 years, 6 months ago

#MeToo in India: Speaking up against non-sexual harassment should be the next logical step for the movement

Firstpost  

Are women in India dropping off the workforce because of bullying and bias? My mother, one of India’s first women cops, often tells me, “You are lucky. “Men are judged on potential, women are judged purely on performance,” she says, but “in conversations and meetings, men are often given credit for ideas women had offered. “Some women join the boy’s …

Ten commandments of Bollywood's #MeToo: What I learnt, and what you need to unlearn
5 years, 7 months ago

Ten commandments of Bollywood's #MeToo: What I learnt, and what you need to unlearn

India TV News  

How do you prove you have been sexually harassed? A Bollywood actor and former Miss India kickstarted a firestorm when she slapped veteran actor Nana Patekar with charges of sexual harassment. Alok Nath stopped shooting for a project he had undertaken, the crew members of 'Houseful 3' disassociated themselves from Nana Patekar, Vikas Bahl was robbed of direction credits for …

Garment factory workers subjected to sexual harassment and violence, according to ActionAid UK
5 years, 7 months ago

Garment factory workers subjected to sexual harassment and violence, according to ActionAid UK

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The global justice organisation’s survey found that 80 per cent of participants said they had experienced …

Important To Follow Established Principles Governing Sexual Harassment Inquiries, Say Women Lawyers
5 years, 8 months ago

Important To Follow Established Principles Governing Sexual Harassment Inquiries, Say Women Lawyers

Live Law  

Since the events of 20th April, where the Chief Justice of India responded to sexual harassment allegations against himself by speaking from the Bench after instituting a suo moto writ petition, several developments have occurred at the Supreme Court, including the setting up of a three-member committee by Justice Bobde comprising of himself, Justice N. V. Since the events of …

Sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi bring back spotlight on #MeToo movement
5 years, 8 months ago

Sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi bring back spotlight on #MeToo movement

Live Mint  

On Saturday afternoon, a battery of lawyers staunchly defended allegations of sexual harassment against the highest judicial office in India. While allegations of sexual harassment stung Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, the episode brings back the spotlight on the #MeToo movement which had recently surfaced, with women across the board speaking about episodes of sexual harassment at the workplace. …

87% Indians say no to workplace harassment: LinkedIn
5 years, 8 months ago

87% Indians say no to workplace harassment: LinkedIn

The Quint  

New Delhi, April 18 A whopping 87 per cent of professionals in India say that harassment prevention at the workplace is a very important trend for the future of hiring and HR compared to 71 per cent globally, a new LinkedIn report said on Thursday. In the space of only four years, there's been a 24 per cent increase in …

The #MeToo movement gets a movie about everyday harassment with Israel’s ‘Working Woman’
5 years, 9 months ago

The #MeToo movement gets a movie about everyday harassment with Israel’s ‘Working Woman’

LA Times  

Hollywood has yet to make “#MeToo: The Movie,” and Israel already beat it to the punch. In fact, when writer-director Michal Aviad began researching her “Working Woman” back in 2012, “the only two major films on the subject were ‘Disclosure’ and ‘Fatal Attraction.’ And both are about women harassing men.” There are no boiling bunnies in Aviad’s new film, which …

Sexual Harassment in Academia: Kanak Sarkar is Tip of the Iceberg
5 years, 11 months ago

Sexual Harassment in Academia: Kanak Sarkar is Tip of the Iceberg

The Quint  

Time and again we have been confronted with the reality of sexual harassment in academia and debated endlessly about ‘how to prevent it?’ #MeToo is a culmination of these endless debates and yet we have not been able to do much about it. When I first came across the Facebook post on ‘comparison between virgin brides and unopened coke bottles’ …

#MeToo educated both men and women about responsibilities towards society: PV Sindhu
5 years, 11 months ago

#MeToo educated both men and women about responsibilities towards society: PV Sindhu

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Friday said that the recent wake of the #MeToo has brought in a lot of change in the people's mindsets and has educated both women and men about their responsibilities towards the society. Sindhu was present here at the inauguration of SH - Sexual Harassment Out, a first of its kind initiative by …

2018: The Year Women in Bollywood Finally Said #MeToo
6 years ago

2018: The Year Women in Bollywood Finally Said #MeToo

News 18  

#MeToo gained long due attention in India one year after American actor and activist Alyssa Milano posted on Twitter: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” The post, which came in the wake of the mass sexual assault charges against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, reignited a campaign that began a decade …

#MeToo and its aftermath: Notes from the 'margins' of lists that name and shame
6 years, 1 month ago

#MeToo and its aftermath: Notes from the 'margins' of lists that name and shame

Firstpost  

Power does not operate in a linear way. I won’t dwell much on this aspect of #MeToo, which Christina Thomas Dhanaraj in her Firstpost column ‘ MeToo and savarna feminism: Revolutions cannot start with the privileged, feminist future must be equal for all ’, adeptly captures — of how most feminist discourse in India is led by savarna women and …

#MeToo: Former SFI and CPIM member speaks out against sexual harassment within the organisations
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo: Former SFI and CPIM member speaks out against sexual harassment within the organisations

Op India  

A member of the Students Federation of India and the Communist Party of India-Marxist and a student at Jadavpur University, Atreyee Sengupta, has come forward with her account of sexual harassment within the organisations in a Facebook post. He has always seen me as his “Kochi maal” followed by “oke lagate chai”.” Sengupta mentions Abhik Ghosh in her account as …

#MeToo: Now for the long-term measures
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo: Now for the long-term measures

The Hindu  

I t has been a month since an uproar of “#MeToo” tags called out alleged instances of sexual harassment in the Indian performing arts fraternity. As one of the first collective expressions of solidarity, about 200 musicians broke the silence and signed a letter of declaration acknowledging the reported accounts of sexual harassment in the performing arts world, extending support …

#MeToo in India: Sexual misconduct in music industry needs to be called out, perpetrators held accountable
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo in India: Sexual misconduct in music industry needs to be called out, perpetrators held accountable

Firstpost  

Almost exactly a year after Pune venue High Spirits’ founder Khodu Irani was outed by several testimonies of sexual misconduct and harassment, India’s #MeToo movement brought to the front more charges of harassment, sexual assault and abuse against women in the country’s music industry. Where on the surface there’s an image of artists and creative minds in the music space …

#MeToo: Companies need to get external hands to vet background checks for management brass, say experts
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo: Companies need to get external hands to vet background checks for management brass, say experts

Firstpost  

The financial sector leads in carrying out employee background checks, while the IT industry is fast catching up with data breaches and information confidentiality becoming a big concern. Mumbai: With the #MeToo movement gaining momentum across the country, experts feel companies need to widen background screening, including social media checks, while hiring employees at higher levels. Echoing a similar view, …

MeToo movement has helped women open up, says Kasthuri
6 years, 2 months ago

MeToo movement has helped women open up, says Kasthuri

Deccan Chronicle  

COIMBATORE: The #MeToo Movement has helped women to come out and disclose their agonies on the issue of sexual harassment and no woman is making allegations for publicity, says Tamil film actor Kasthuri. After inaugurating 'Diva', an exclusive women's 'Signature Day spa and saloon' in Coimbatore, the actor who has been noted for voicing her opinions strongly, said, “women including …

#MeToo: Voices ring out from unorganised sector
6 years, 2 months ago

#MeToo: Voices ring out from unorganised sector

The Hindu  

With the #MeToo campaign gaining momentum in India, a platform to hear the voices of the unheard from the unorganised sector on Saturday saw scores of women sharing their experiences and deliberating on the need for redressal mechanisms. At the event organised by the All India Progressive Women’s Association, and the unions of garment workers, pourakarmikas, domestic workers, and women …

Opinion | Ensuring that #MeToo doesn’t fizzle out
6 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | Ensuring that #MeToo doesn’t fizzle out

Live Mint  

M.J. Akbar’s resignation from the post of Union minister of state for external affairs represented the most high-profile case in India’s #MeToo movement. Third, it is essential that women feel emboldened to file reports, and force both internal bodies, as well as the police and judiciary to take action. We aimed to do this through the creation of individual women’s …

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