It is time to accept that sexual harassment in universities is an issue that needs first the State’s acknowledgement of its existence and then urgent intervention.
Sexual harassment is one of the ways in which gender discrimination and gender violence manifests itself in professional spaces and various kinds of social situations. It is imperative to acknowledge sexual harassment as something which emerges in a context where there is an unequal distribution of powers of various kinds. Thus, a comprehensive understanding of sexual harassment cases would be rendered only by examining them through the lenses of intersectionality, that is, by looking at gender along with caste, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, region and ability.
Sexual Harassment in Indian Universities
In India, sexual harassment has had a long journey in the legal system, most prominently starting with the Vishakha Guidelines in 1997 and finally reaching its peak in the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. However, it is quite upsetting to know that this Act has its exceptions and becomes inapplicable in the state of Jammu and Kashmir as well as in areas of other states where the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, AFSPA is implemented.
This story is from the December 2016 edition of Eclectic Northeast.
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