CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Union minister Maneka Gandhi launched on Tuesday a portal to help women lodge complaints online about sexual harassment at work. The online complaint management system-‘SHe-box’ (sexual harassment electronic box)-will be hosted on the website of the ministry of women and child development.

Detailed explanation-2: -Repository of Resources on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Resources Section of the SHe-Box contain detailed information on the issue of sexual harassment of women at workplace.

Detailed explanation-3: -ABOUT CPGRAMS Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is an online platform available to the citizens 24x7 to lodge their grievances to the public authorities on any subject related to service delivery.

Detailed explanation-4: -In India, the legislation regarding this is the Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act). As a result of the Act, women are protected at work from sexual harassment. Furthermore, it provides for preventing and redressing complaints of sexual harassment.

Detailed explanation-5: -SHE-BOX. Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India has developed an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic–Box (SHe-Box) for registering complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace by women, including government and private employees.