The following circumstances, among other circumstances, if occur or is present in relation to or connected with any act or behaviour of sexual harassment may amount to sexual harassment:
ICC is a quasi- judicial body formed and work independently to work towards prevention of sexual harassment and handle complaints, if any following proper procedures Anyone found guilty shall be punished in accordance with the UGC Regulations 2015, in this regard. ICC, Deshbandhu College consists of the following members.
ICC, Deshbandhu College is committed to creating the College a sexual harassment free institution and to promote gender sensitivity among students and teaching and non-teaching faculty. Therefore, it has proactively undertaken various programmes and activities delineated below for gender sensitization and awareness.
Why are we still talking about Feminism?
on November 28, 2023
Speakers:
- Prof. Varsha Baweja
- Dr. Vandana Mathur
- Dr. Manish Kumar
Internal Complaints Committee in collaboration with the college Women Development Cell and Gender Champions organized a symposium on a very pertinent topic " Why are we still talking about Feminism?"
in the college auditorium on November 28, 2023.The erudite speakers were the College faculty, Prof Varsha Baweja (Zoology) , Dr Vandana Mathur (English) and Dr Manish Kumar (Political Science). They talked about women centric issues from their subject point-of-view.
All agreed that though enough has already been spoken about and sounds clichéd when one talks about gender and women empowerment, yet more concern and sensitivity required in making college campuses and society gender just.
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Gender Sensitization
on 24 April 2023
Speakers:
- Dr. Preeti Gupta Dewan
- Dr. Sangita
- Prof. Manisha Senger
- Dr. Suvritta Khatri:
ICC with POSH Awareness group organized a program on gender sensitization on 24th of April in the College auditorium. It was attended by a houseful of students and faculty.
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Acid Attack : Laws and Role of Civil Society
on 14 Feb 2023
Speakers:
- Advocate Shakeel Ahmad
Deshbandhu College ICC and Deshbandhu Dramatics Society in association with Delhi Legal Services authority presented an awareness session on Acid Attack:Laws and Role of Civil Society. Speaker apprised the audience on laws relating to violence against women. Team ICC advised girls to be more vigilant and boys to be more humane. It emphasized social responsibility in rehabilitation of acid attack survivors. Awaz Uthao, a nukkad natak courtesy EDLSA watched by a large number of students and faculty indeed was an eye opener. It focused on the importance of a firm no in the first instance of Harassment. Remember Phone No.1516 for immediate help for acid attack victims.
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Workshop on Prevention of Sexual Harrassment at Workplace
on 31 Jan 2023
Speakers:
- Dr Chandrika Gulati
- Dr. Surabhi Dhingra
Deshbandhu College Team ICC was invited by Vivekanand College to conduct a workshop on Prevention of Sexual Harrassment at Workplace. Along with the convenor Dr Chandrika Gulati and member Dr. Surabhi Dhingra, a another batch of students trained on The PoSH Act (Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act) explained the details to students of Vivekananda College through theatrical performance. ICC at Deshbandhu College encourages students to be proactive torch-bearers on ZERO TOLERANCE towards sexual harassment wherever it exists.
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Posh Act- Expected Behaviour in College
on 14th December 2022
Speakers:
ICC has created a POSH Awareness Group consisting of students and faculty that is trained on
nuances of the POSH Act for further spreading awareness in the College under Train the Trainers
Program. The program held on December 14,2022 was largely conducted by students from this Posh
Awareness Group as orientation for first year students. The new students were explained how to
conduct themselves in the College for safe, free and respectful stay in the College. The session was
presented through theatrical performances.
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Feminine Hygiene
on 30th November 2022
Speakers:
- Ms Akarshika Sharma
On November 30,2022 as part of its gender sensitization drive, ICC organized a program on Feminine
Hygiene in which State President of Delhi Youth and Empowerment Council, Ms Akarshika Sharma
highlighted the importance of feminine hygiene and clean toilets. Through various environment
friendly artifacts she also focused on safe use of public toilets and safe disposal of waste.
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Poster Release on International Day for Elimination of
Violence Against Women
on 25th November 2022
ICC released a poster on the occasion of International Day for Elimination of
Violence Against Women. ICC follows the UN in believing that sexual harassment of women
constitutes violence against women and is a violation of their right to equality and right to live with
dignity. ICC is firm in its resolve to create harassment free campus and generating respect for all
women.
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Our safety is In
Your Gender Sensitivity: Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment
on 1sth November 2022
Speakers:
- Salamrit Virk
On November 1, 2022, the ICC along with POSHCA(NGO) presented a session on ‘Our safety is In
Your Gender Sensitivity: Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment’. The Posh Awareness Group of the
students and teachers created videos on the POSH Act and presented in this program. The POSHCA
volunteers and students of Shikshantar School presented skits on the POSH Act.
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Gender Sensitivity: Roles and Responsibilities
on 2nd July 2022 Online
Speakers:
- Dr. Surabhi Dhingra
On July 2, 2022 in collaboration with the Vidya Vistar Scheme of the College, ICC organized a
program on Gender Sensitivity: Roles and Responsibilities with Dr. Surabhi Dhingra, Founder
President of POSHCA as the main speaker. In an interactive session students and faculty across
Colleges, audience were explained various aspects of the POSH Act. Through interjections gender
sensitization as a prelude to empowered women was highlighted.
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Gender Just Society Tomorrow
on March 8, 2022
Speakers:
- Dr. Nirupama Singh Dhar
- Ms Aleena Varghese K
On the occasion of International Day of the Women, ICC organized a program on Gender Sensitivities
Today: Gender Just Society Tomorrow on March 8, 2022. Dr. Nirupama Singh Dhar of FRF and Ms
Aleena Varghese K of the Gender Lab spoke on how creating a gender just society was vital to
bringing a sea change in lives of women. Gender sensitization from an early age along with
education was important for sexual harassment free societies.
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Prevention of Sexual Harassment: Do’s and
Don’ts in College Life
on 25th October 2021 Online
Speakers:
On November 25, 2021, ICC organized an online talk on Prevention of Sexual Harassment: Do’s and
Don’ts in College Life on Zoom platform as orientation for first year students by Ms Madhu Saini,
Advocate Delhi High Court. She explained to students the various aspects of the POSH Act and
consequences of indecent behaviour in the college on future life of the students.
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Societal Transformation: Freedom and Online Safety
on 4th October 2021 Online
Speakers:
- Ms Nishtha Gautam, Senior Editor (Opinions) the Quint
- Ms Pratishtha Arora, Co-Founder Social Media Matters
The first speaker talked about basic freedoms denied to women, that women rights are human rights. The second speaker talked importance and measures to keep oneself safe online in a digitised world.
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Understanding Modern Women Prism of Ancient Wisdom
on 8th March 2021 Online
Speakers:
- Ms Annu Kalra, Spiritually Inspired Author, Artist and Guide
The speaker Ms Annu Kapoor explained how the challenges of modern life could be addressed by reference to ancient Indian knowledge
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International Webinar on Empowering Women: A World View
on 4th September 2020 Online
Speakers:
- Ms Phuntshok Tshering Chodden, Director, Bhutan Networking for Empowering Women
- Ms ShuchitaSonalika, Director and Head, CII, North America
- Dr. Sunita Kishor, Director, DHS at ICF, USA
The speakers talked about global gender inequalities and discrimination against women and steps to ensure a gender just society
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Webinar on Gender Sensitivity: Best Practices to Follow
on 15th July 2020 Online
Speakers:
- Ms Varsha Jain- (Head-Legal, Nutrition, HUL)
- Dr Priya Sepaha: legal expert- Founder and Director at Law Colloquy/ trainer/YouTuber/Author)
- Team Nahi means No- an NGO
This webinar was presented through online platform, Zoom and livestreamed through the Facebook. Participants from all over India and from neighbouring Bhutan attended the webinar and E-certificates were given to participants from all over North India.
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Symposium on Sexual Harassment
on 22nd January 2020 at Dronacharya College, Gurugram
Conducted by Dr Surabhi Dhingra on what preventive steps the ICC can take to keep a college campus free of harassment.Deshbandhu ICC student members enacted short situations explaining what is construed as sexual harassment in college
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Deshbandhu College signed an MoU with the Abdul Jamil Poverty Action Lab South Asia (JPAL-SA) at the Institute of Financial Management and Research ( IFMR)
started in October 2019 at Deshbandhu College
Deshbandhu College signed an MoU with the Abdul Jamil Poverty Action Lab South Asia (JPAL-SA) at the Institute of Financial Management and Research ( IFMR) for collaborating on the project “Tackling Sexual Harassment: Evidence from India”. The project aims to understand students knowledge and attitudes towards sexual harassment and identify gaps in the same if any to close the gaps through awareness trainings.
Under the ongoing project, the principal investigator Ms Karmini Sharma from University of Warwick, United Kingdom, surveyed students on their attitudes and awareness in two rounds of surveys. Due to the pandemic these surveys are now being carried online. The project will inform policies of the ICC to help promote a thriving and safe campus for students and faculty started in Oct 2019.
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Programme on Sexual Harassment of women at Workplace and Gender Sensitization
on 18th September 2019 at Vivekanand Hall, Deshbandhu College
Speaker:
Ms Swati Maliwal (Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women) focussed on human trafficking, the misuse of the massage parlours in Delhi and action taken, the She-Box for filing a complaint in case if sexual harassment
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An MOU was signed between Deshbandhu College and POSHCA (NGO empanelled with Ministry of Women and Child Development)
July 2019 to 2020
The MOU was to help spread awareness on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) 2013.The students of Deshbandhu College were to be trained to understand the nuances of the law. They were then to help spread the awareness in other institutions. The college and POSHCA were to publicize this work done on all social media handles.
During the course of the year, POSHCA collaborated with ICC to help spread awareness on the Act.Regular sessions were taken with some faculty members and a group of student volunteers to help them understand the law and be able to answer questions that the audience was likely to ask.
The activities are enumerated in the list of activities undertaken by ICC during the said the period.
It was a fruitful journey where our students were actually teachers for other universities and colleges.
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Awareness session on sexual Harassment at Workplace
on 11th Februrary, 2019 at Deshbandhu College
The awareness session on sexual Harassment at Workplace was organized by Dr. Surabhi Dhingra, Founder President POSHCA and ICC Chairperson, Dr Chandrika Gulati for students and faculties of Deshbandhu College. They spoke on various aspects of The Act.
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Workshop on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013
on 22nd November 2018 at Jawaharlal Nehru University
This workshop was attended by Dr Chandrika Gulati (Chairperson, ICC) and Ms Seema Malhotra who was then the External Counsel (from an NGO) on our ICC.
The entire Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 was explained with special reference to educational institutions.
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Gender Sensitization
on 25th October 2018 at Vivekananda Hall Deshbandhu College
Speakers:
- Ms. Ira Singhal (IAS)
- Dr. Sanjeev Kaushal- Poet
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An Interactive Session on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplaces
on 6th April 2018 at Deshbandhu College
Speakers:
- Ms Seema Malhotra (Founder Director of Scope Plus)
- Ms Sheetal Raghuvanshi (Advocate Delhi High Court)
- Dr. Surabhi Dhingra (Founder President of Poshca)
The speakers dealt at length about the nuances of the Act, and through video clips explained to the audience what constituted sexual harassement and how to approach ICC. The students also pledged to desist from unacceptable acts or behavior. The programme was very well received by the students and faculty of Deshbandhu College.
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