Objectives of the Committee

1. Prevent discrimination and sexual harassment against women, by promoting gender amity among students and employees;
2. Make recommendations to teh Director for changes / elaborations in the Rules for students in the Prospectus and the Bye-Laws, to make them gender just and to lay down procedures for the prohibition, resolution, settlement and prosecution of acts of discrimination and sexual harassment against women, by the students and the employees;
3. Deal with cases of discrimination and sexual harasment against women, in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to teh victimized and termination of the harassment;
4. Recommend appropriate punitive action against the guilty party to the Director.

The Committee seeks to achive these Goals through

• Dissemination of Information - through production, distribution and cirulation of printed materials, posters and hand outs.
• Awareness Workshops - about sexual harassment for faculty, non-teaching staff and students. The aim is to develop nonthreatening and non-intimidating atmosphere of mutual learning.
• Counselling - Confidential counselling service is an important service as it provides a safe space to speak about the incident and how it has affected the victim because sexual harassment cases are rarely reported and is a sensitive issue.