WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment at workplace is a violation against women's right to gender equality, life and liberty. It creates an insecure and hostile work environment, which discourages women's participation in work, thereby adversely affecting their economic empowerment and the goal of inclusive growth.

THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE CELL SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promote measures aimed at achieving gender equality, removal of gender bias or discrimination, sexual harassment and other acts of gender based violence;
• Organize awareness programmes and campaigns for the benefit of all members of the College on sexual harassment and gender based discrimination;
• Receive and redress complaints received from any member of the College (including students, staff and outsiders on College premises)alleging sexual harassment by another member(s) of the College;
• Take suo-moto cognizance of any act of sexual harassment or gender-based discrimination on the College campus and/or facilities and to take further action in this regard;
• Conduct formal inquiry and investigate and take decisions upon each complaint and recommend appropriate punishment or action to be taken, by the appropriate authority, in each instance;
• Ensure that all information pertaining either to complaints registered and the proceedings and findings of any inquiries and/or investigations are kept strictly confidential;

THE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE ANTI SEXUAL HARASSMENT CELL ARE AS FOLLOWS:

CHAIRPERSON: Dr Sridhar D - Principal

Faculty/Administration Committee:

• Dr Sridhar D
• Dr. Rajanna
• Prof Umme Kulsum
• Prof. Fatima Farhat S

Student Representative Committee:

• Sadaf Banu
• Zoya Fathima
• MD Afridi
• Sandiya
• Muskan
• Ruksar Sabha
• Deepika Vani