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Dr. Martha Farrell receives lifetime achievement award
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (NewsVoir): Late Dr. Martha Farrell has been honoured with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 6th Indian Social Work Congress in New Delhi. Dr. Farrell is being recognized for her lifelong work towards gender equality, women's empowerment and prevention of sexu
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BJP sacks Sanjay Kumar over sexual harassment allegations
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday removed its Uttarakhand organisation General Secretary Sanjay Kumar from his post after a woman party worker accuses him of sexual harassment.
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Sexual abuse part of daily routine in North Korea: Report
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], Nov 02 (ANI): Sexual harassment offences against women by people in positions of power like government officials and the police in North Korea are normal and part of a women's daily routine.
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#MeToo: BCCI submits 'relevant documents' to Independent Committee
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 2 (ANI): In the wake of sexual harassment allegations against its CEO Rahul Johri, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday submitted the relevant documents to the Independent Inquiry Committee, which was formed to probe the matter.
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Google Walkout: Employees stage protest over handling of sexual misconduct
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong [Hong Kong], Nov 1 (ANI): Thousands of Google employees across the world staged an unprecedented series of walkouts to protest over how the company is dealing with sexual harassment allegations against women.
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#MeToo: HC rejects PIL seeking NCW's intervention in sexual harassment cas
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 31 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the Public Interest Litigation seeking direction to National Commission for Women (NCW) to take suo-motto action regarding sexual harassment cases coming into its notice under #MeToo movement.
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Tata Sons ends contract with Suhel Seth over #MeToo allegations
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 29 (ANI): The management of Tata group on Monday decided to end its contract with brand consultant Suhel Seth in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him.
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COA was careless in handling Johri’s #MeToo fiasco: Amitabh Choudhary
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary lashed out at the Committee of Administrators (COA) for ‘improper’ handling of the alleged sexual harassment allegations made against BCCI chief executiv
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Mumbai Court rejects plea seeking injunction order against Vinta Nanda
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): Mumbai's Dindoshi Sessions Court on Friday rejected the application by Alok Nath's wife seeking an injunction order against Vinta Nanda, who accused Nath of rape and sexual harassment.
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Google fired 48 people for sexual misconduct in two years
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
California [United States], Oct 26 (ANI): Google has fired around 48 people for sexual harassment in the last two years.
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#MeToo: CoA forms committee to probe charges against Johri
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra), Oct 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) led by Vinod Rai has constituted a three-member committee to look into the sexual harassment charges against Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri.
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Centre constitutes 4-member GoM to crackdown on workplace sexual harassmen
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government on Wednesday constituted a four-member Group of Ministers headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh "to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks to deal with and prevent sexual harassment at work
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