Set up committee to look into harassment in K'taka film industry: Women's panel

Amid opposition to a committee similar to the Justice Hema Committee in Kerala for the Kannada film industry and walkout by a few members of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), Karnataka State Women's Commission Chairperson Nagalakshmi Chowdhary mandated the Chamber to develop a thorough action plan within 15 days to set up a committee dedicated to addressing sexual harassment.

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The Commission also asked KFCC to adhere to the 17-point agenda, which includes providing basic amenities at the workplace for women film artists. The meeting witnessed heated arguments for and against setting up of the committee and ended in discord when a few members left when tensions rose. At the meeting, convened by KFCC as directed by the Women's Commission, the chamber was asked to propose a plan for creating a Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) committee or to explain why this could not be done. It was also found that the sta