New Delhi. Delhi state committee of AIDWA has taken a serious note of the news of a TV journalist, who has attempted suicide, reportedly due to harassment at a private news channel where she was employed. According to the media sources, the victim consumed heavy dosage of poison on Sunday near her office premises in NOIDA. She had also mentioned in her suicide note apparently posted on a social networking site that she was being harassed by her superiors while naming some of those responsible for driving her to take this extreme step.

AIDWA demanded that all those responsible should be booked under appropriate sections and immediate action should be taken against them.

In a joint statement Sonia Verma-President and Sehba Farooqi- GeneraL Secretary of AIDWA said, “It should also be noted that under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 all employers are bound under the law to formulate Internal Complaints Committees in their offices. However, each case of harassment of female employee at a media house only exposes the fact that these committees are still not in place.”

AIDWA demanded that the Central Government take strict cognizance of the matter and ensure that Internal Complaints Committees are immediately constituted in all workplaces. The Ministry of Women and Child Development should monitor the implementation of this important act.

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