SHe-Box

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."