Government First Grade College, Vijayanagar

Anti Sexual Harassment Committee

As per the guidelines of UGC and the Supreme Court an Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee has been established by the college to provide a healthy atmosphere to the students of the college.

 Anti Sexual Harassment Committee deals with issues relating to sexual harassment. The committee is formed to prevent sexual assault, rape and other related crimes on girl students.

Prevention of sexual harassment to ensure safe environment for girl students for the studies.

• To develop principles and procedures to combat sexual harassment
• To work out details for the implementation these policies.
• To prepare a detailed plan of actions, both short and long term
• To organize gender sensitization awareness programme.
• To deal with cases of discrimination and sexual harassment in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to the victimized.

The following is also sexual harassment and is covered by the committee

• Eve-teasing
• Unsavory remarks
• Jokes causing or likely to cause awkwardness or embarrassment
• Innuendos and taunts
• Gender based insults or sexist remarks
• Unwelcome sexual overtone in any manner such as over telephone (obnoxious telephone calls) and the like
• Touching or brushing against any part of the body and the like
• Displaying pornographic or other offensive or derogatory pictures, cartoons, pamphlets or sayings
• Forcible physical touch or molestation
• Physical confinement against one’s will and any other act likely to violate one’s privacy
• Anti Sexual Harassment Cell assures all the complaints of the students, teaching and non-teaching staffs are treated with dignity and respect and the complaints should be maintained confidential.
• False Reporting: Intentionally making a false report or providing false information is grounds for indiscipline

Declaration of Policy

Government First Grade College, Vijayanagara, Bangalore-560 104, shall value the dignity of every individual, enhance the development of its human resources, guarantee full respect for human rights, ensures the full enforcement of “Fundamental Rights” under  articles 14, 15, 19(1) (g) and 21 of the Constitution of India , and uphold the dignity of workers, employees, applicants for employment, students or those undergoing training, instruction or education. Towards this end, all forms of sexual harassment in the employment, education or training environment are hereby declared unlawful. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act 2013 is implemented in its entirety.