GENDER SENSITIZATION AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION CELL

The following Gender Sensitization and Sexual Harassment Prevention Cell is constituted in our college. It i s responsible for resolve the issues pertaining to sexual harassment. The members work closely with Principal in the planning and execution of a course.

Objectives

• To resolve the issues pertaining to sexual harassment

• To provide a platform for listening to complaints and redressal of grievances

• To foster healthy relationship with opposite gender

• To equip students, faculty and staff with the knowledge of their legal rights and redressal of their grievances

• To facilitate speedy delivery of justice, through organizing meetings at regular Intervals

Activities

• Conducting gender awareness programmes

• Organising women empowerment programmes

• Programmes in the nearby community to sensitize gender equality

• Observing International Women’s Day

• Creating Awareness against Gender Biasness, Domestic Violence

• Prevention and redressal of sexual harassment

 The list is only indicative and not exhaustive.

• Demand of request for sexual favours

• Sexually colored remarks

• Showing pomography

• Other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature

• Eve-teasing

• Unsavoury remarks

• Jokes causing or likely to cause awkwardness or embarrassment

• Innuendos and taunts

• Gender based insults or sexist remarks

• Unwelcome sexual overtone in any manner such as over telephone (obnoxious telephone calls) and the like

• Displaying pomography or other offensive or derogatory pictures, cartoons, pamphlets or sayings

• Forcible physical touch or molestation

• Physical confinement against one’s will and any other act likely to violate one’s privacy

• As per IPC rules,

  Section	Details	Punishment
  326A	Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid	Ten years/life imprisonment fine of 10 lakhs rupees
  326B	Voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid.	Five to seven years imprisonment with fine
  354	Assault or use of criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty	1 to 5 years imprisonment or with fine
  354A	(1) Sexual harassment of the nature of unwelcome physical contact and advances or a demand or request for sexual favours.	Upto 5 year imprisonment or with fine or with both
  	(2)Sexual harassment of the nature of making sexually coloured remark or showing pornography or any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature.	Upto 1 year imprisonment or with fine or with both
  354B	Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.	3 to7 years imprisonment with fine
  354D	Voyeurism	1 to 3 years imprisonment with fine for first conviction. 3 to 7 years imprisonment with fine for second or subsequent conviction.
  354D	Stalking (Whoever follows a person and contacts, or attempts to contact such person to foster personal interaction repeatedly, despite a clear indication of disinterest by such person, or whoever monitors the use by a person of the internet, email or any other form of electronic communication, or watches or spies on a person in a manner that results in a fear of violence or serious alarm or distress in the mind of such person, or interferes with the mental peace of such person)	1 to 3 years imprisonment with fine.
  376	(1) Sexual assault	7 years to life rigorous imprisonment with fine
  	(2) Sexual assault by a person on the management or on the staff of a hospital, and sexual assault committed by a person in a position of trust or authority towards the person assaulted.	10 years to life rigorous imprisonment with fine
  376A	Person committing an offence of sexual assault and inflicting injury which causes death or causes the person to be in a persistent vegetative state.	20 years to life rigorous imprisonment
  376C	Sexual intercourse by a person in authority	5 to 10 years rigorous imprisonment.
  376D	Sexual assault by gang.	20 years to life rigorous imprisonment
  376E	Repeat offenders.	Imprisonment for life.