{"id":26173,"date":"2024-08-30T10:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T05:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26173"},"modified":"2025-04-08T00:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T18:42:14","slug":"she-box-sexual-harassment-e-box-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/she-box-sexual-harassment-e-box-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"What is SHe-Box (Sexual Harassment e-box) Portal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About SHe-Box Portal:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>centralized platform<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0<strong>registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment of women in the workplace<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It serves as a centralized\u00a0<strong>repository of information related to Internal Committees (ICs)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Local Committees (LCs) formed\u00a0<\/strong>across the country,\u00a0<strong>encompassing both<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>government and private sectors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It offers a common platform to\u00a0<strong>file complaints<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>track their status,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>ensure time-bound processing\u00a0<\/strong>of complaints by ICs.<\/li>\n<li>It provides\u00a0<strong>assured redressal of complaints<\/strong>\u00a0and a streamlined process for all stakeholders.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The portal will also enable\u00a0<strong>real-time monitoring of complaints<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>through<\/strong>\u00a0a\u00a0<strong>designated nodal officer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The portal will ensure that\u00a0<strong>complaints<\/strong>\u00a0can be safely r<strong>egistered without personal information being publicly accessible.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The SHe-Box portal can be accessed at\u00a0<strong>https:\/\/shebox.wcd.gov.in\/.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Points to Remember:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In 2017<\/strong>, an upgraded version of\u00a0<strong>SHe-Box<\/strong>\u00a0was\u00a0<strong>launched based on<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace<\/strong>\u00a0(Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal)\u00a0<strong>Act, 2013<\/strong>, where\u00a0<strong>women who are harassed at any workplace<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>can register<\/strong>\u00a0their\u00a0<strong>case on this, SHe-Box<\/strong>, file their complaint, and then\u00a0<strong>two types of committees will be formed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>One,\u00a0for<strong>\u00a0private institutions, an internal committee<\/strong>\u00a0will be formed, and for\u00a0<strong>government institutions, a local committee<\/strong>\u00a0will be\u00a0<strong>formed under<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>chairmanship of the DM or DC<\/strong>\u00a0or an officer appointed by them, and actions will be taken by them from time to time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013?<\/h3>\n<p>The Act aims to prevent and address incidents of sexual harassment of women at their place of work and provide a mechanism for redressal of complaints related to such harassment. The Act provides a clear definition of sexual harassment, encompassing unwelcome acts or behaviour that are sexually colored, creating a hostile or intimidating work environment. The Act applies to all workplaces, including government, private, and non-governmental organizations, as well as any organization, institution, undertaking, or establishment.The Act mandates every workplace employing more than ten persons to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee. This committee is responsible for addressing complaints of sexual harassment and ensuring a safe working environment. In cases where the workplace does not have an IC (e.g., in organizations with less than ten employees or in certain specific circumstances), the district officer shall constitute a Local Committee to receive and redress complaints. The Act prohibits retaliation or adverse actions against the complainant for filing a complaint in good faith.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/centre-launches-portal-to-address-sexual-harassment-at-workplaces-step-by-step-process-to-file-complaint-on-she-box-9032121.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Centre Launches Portal To Address Sexual Harassment At Workplaces | Step-by-Step Process To File Complaint On SHe-Box<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHe-Box Portal is a centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment of women in the workplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}