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Issue No: 368, March 2020

The challenges of Auroville’s Internal Complaints Committee

Infographic of the functioning of the Internal Complaints CommitteeAuroville’s composition of residents and visitors from a vast array of sociocultural backgrounds presents a unique challenge for dealing with sexual harassment. How can the community best approach this sensitive topic in a legally effective way, ensuring that victims feel safe and understood? Far from a theoretical question, the cases of harassment are widespread and have marked the lives of many Aurovilian residents. This situation has inspired an innovative application in Auroville of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, enacted in 2013. This India-wide legislative act stipulates that all establishments with ten or more employees must implement an ‘internal complaints committee’, composed of members from the company and an ex-officio member, to investigate and arbitrate allegations of sexual harassment by work colleagues, among other formalities. When applying t...
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Issue No. 368, March 2020

  • Restoring the Siruseri Twin Lakes
  • Auroville as a modern utopia?
  • Auroville: Sun-Word Rising
  • Auroville, cradle of the superman or city in conformity?
  • Sexual harassment happens in Auroville too
  • Creating a safe environment for women
  • The challenges of Auroville’s Internal Complaints Committee
  • Healing sexual trauma
  • February is art month
  • Passings: Navoditte; Martin Sobieroj; Subash Chandra; Auroculture; Mani
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