The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has linked SHe-Box to all the Central Ministries, Departments and 653 districts across 33 States/Union Territories.
About:
SHe-Box is the online portal to report complaints of Sexual Harassment at Workplace. It was launched by WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi in 2017.
Eligibility:
SHe-Box offers the facility of making online complaints of sexual harassment at workplace to all women employees in the country including government and private employees.
Those who have already filed a written complaint with the concerned Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) or Local Complaint Committee (LCC) constituted under the Sexual Harassment Act are also eligible to file their complaint through this portal.
Present status: Till November 20, 2018, as many as 321 complaints have been registered with 'SHe-Box' out of which 120 are related to central ministries/departments, 58 are from state governments and 143 are from private companies.
Recent development:
Now WCD Ministry has linked 'SHe-Box' to central/ state ministries & districts for speedy disposal of cases. Each case goes directly to the central/ state authority concerned having jurisdiction to take action in the matter.
Comment: This is a proactive step taken by the WCD Ministry in the wake of the worldwide campaign #MeToo, where women have related their experience of facing sexual harassment and abuse at workplace."
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