If the WFI receives grants from the government, it cannot claim to not be a workplace under the sexual harassment Act. If they themselves say this is the sexual harassment committee, it is bound to be in compliance with section 4 of the Act. When the law itself says the committee should have a higher number of women, the chairperson should be a woman, and there should be an external member, the idea is to ensure objectivity and comfort for the complainant. Even if the association is not strictly in non-compliance, it is ethically in violation.
WFI’s ‘sexual harassment panel’ flouts POSH Act, headed by a man instead of a woman
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