H&ME forms committee to handle sexual harassment complaints

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: The Health and Medical Education Department has constituted a complaint committee under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplaces Act 2013.
An order in this regard has been issued by the department by appointing Satvir Kour Sudan, Director General, P&S Health and Medical Education Department as the Chairperson of the Committee.
Principal GMC, Srinagar Dr Samia Rashid along with Dr Renu Sharma, Director Health Services Jammu as members of the complaint committee.
“In supersession of previous orders and persuasion of Section-4 (1) of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of the Complaint Committee…to register and enquire into and dispose of the complaints, if any, of sexual harassment against women employees of the Health & Medical Education Department and its subordinate offices,” the order issued stated.
The committee has been asked to submit its report on each complaint received by it regarding sexual harassment against women employees of the Health and Medical Education Department.
It has also been directed to submit quarterly or annual reports about the total number of complaints received, enquired and action taken on the same.