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Sexual harassment at workplace  is a raging issue   EVESCAPE News Features/GPA Recent media reports of a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace by a Margao Municipal Council (MMC) employee (with disabilities) allegedly involving a high ranking officer of the civic body,  has once again brought the focus on the vexed issue. The Goa Municipal Employees Association (GMEA) in a media briefing held recently has warned of taking recourse to further action if the government fails to take action in the matter as per law. According to its General Secretary Anil Shirodkar, the GMEA had submitted a memorandum to the Chief Secretary, Secretary - Urban Development Ministry, Director of Municipal Administration, besides the chairperson of the MMC seeking redressal as per the Vishaka guidelines. Questioning the silence of the government in the matter for over two months now, the GMEA in a fresh memorandum to the Chief Secretary, has alleged that the chief officer again...

Over 100 women from various fields ---journalists, writers, authors, teachers, lecturers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, home-makers,  researchers, farmers, social activists, policy experts, entrepreneurs, etc; penned a letter to the Chief Minisiter of Goa to express their anguish over the brutal rape and attempt to murder of a minor girl in the state, and called upon him to take action towards curbing such offences in the future.      Open letter to the Chief Minister Respected Dr. Pramod Sawant , We feel heavy hearted as we write to you today -- for having failed as a society to save our daughter from the dastardly sexual violence committed on her by a fellow Goan. The brutal rape and attempt to murder of our 13-year-old daughter has jolted our collective conscience. We fail to understand the mindset and the environment that creates individuals who become impulse governed monsters -- like the 23-year-old accused in this case. The unspeaka...