Woman employee should never tolerate sexual discrimination at the workplace and if they face any kind of sexual discrimination or harassment at the workplace issue should be raised with the grievance committee said Commandant of 23rd Battalion Simala Prasad in the meeting of “Internal grievance committee “at the State Police Headquarters.
She said that the cases of sexual discrimination at the workplace are heard under judicial process and legal help is also provided. Internal grievances committee has also been constituted in the Police Headquarters in the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Rejection) Act 2013.
Simala is presiding officer of the Internal grievance committee and she said that in every branch of the office, such a work culture should be developed in which men and women feel comfortable and no one should face difficulty in work.
For women police personnel who have kids and are working at the Police Head Quarters creche would be opened. Efforts are also made to open creche in PTRI.
At the meeting she informed that the nodal officers of all the branches that women employees who want to take training on self-defense have to send their names to the Crime Against Women Cell at the earliest. In the same manner for learning driving of two and four wheelers and spoken English name should be provided.
Similarly, the names of women employees wishing to run two-wheeler and four-wheeler vehicles and take training in English speaking, should be made available immediately. He called upon the women employees to do the work by being devoted and prove that they are capable of doing every challenging task just like men.