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DIRENEED TOENSURE
EFFECTUAL CONTROL ON
HARASSMENT OF WOMEN
AT WORKPLACE TO
ESTABLISH THEIR
REQUISITE HUMAN RIGHT

Introduction: the girls," Police said. The girls raised an alarm draw­
ing the attention of the locals. Some of the students of
First of all let us read about some incidents that were highly the coaching institute also reached there and thrashed
focused in Indian media during FY 2011 ­ 12: one of the rider Manish before the Police came to the
1. Patna December 7, 2011: Crowd thrashes MBBS final spot.

year student for sexual harassment and hands him to

Police. Two girls, who were preparing for IITJEE, were Brave of the girls to have raised an alarm. In many

on way to their residence at Machua Toli after attend­ cases, this has resulted in a positive reaction from the

ing their coaching classes at Khajanchi Road at around crowd and people gathered nearby. When by standers

6 p.m. As they were walking, a youth riding a motor­ notice such harassment and the girls do not complain,
cycle first passed lewd comments on them. "The youth they assume that the victim is known to the harasser

was so audacious that he caught the hand of one of or it might be something personal and they do not in­

terfere. But when the victim sends out a strong signal

About the author of protest by raising her voice, shouting, etc, the crowd
reaction in most of the incidents reported has been

Anabil Bhattacharya positive. (Source: TNN | Dec 7, 2011).
B.M.E.(Hons.), F.I.I.I.

Chief Manager, 2. Nalgonda March 2, 2012: Student kills herself unable
Head Office, N.I.C.L. to cope with a Sexual Harassment. M Sumalatha, a
Kolkata

third year student of a private college at Suryapet com­

“The attention economy is not growing, which means we have to grab the attention that someone else has today.”

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