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Artículo

1 Feb 2017

Autor:
Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indian textile firms fail to investigate abuse complaints - activists

Women facing sexual harassment in India's garment industry have no place to turn as textile companies are shirking their legal duty to investigate abuse allegations, activists said...Big textile companies are legally required to form committees to look into sexual harassment complaints but the vast majority haven't done so, according to campaigners. In response to a right to information query filed by a charity in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the state government said it had no record of committees being formed or functioning in more than 3,000 mills across four districts...The 2013 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act states that any workplace with more than 10 employees must set up an internal complaints committee and make it accessible to workers....Labour department officials were unavailable for comment...Mill managers said multiple redress mechanisms were available and awareness programmes were conducted to inform workers of their rights.