• Dr.Rekha Suman

Abstract: Sexual harassment is one of the most common crimes against women in India as well as in other countries of the world. Standing steps are being taken in all the countries of world, still maximum incidences remained hidden behind the shroud of shame. Right to equality is granted by the constitution to both men and women, even after this sexual harassment results in violation of the fundamental rights to equality given under article 14 and 15, article 19(g) the right to practice any profession and article 21 (rights to life and live with dignity). Some other special regulations are legislated to protect women from sexual exploitation at workplace. This paper is an attempt to discuss the sexual harassment of working women at a place where they are working for dignity and livelihood. The objective of this paper is to highlight the boundaries of sexual harassment which the harassers are hiding behind the curtain of shame and also to propagate legal awareness among the people of society. This study will pour light on various legal actions taken against sexual harassment of women at workplace in India and the ancestries responsible for harassment of women. POSH Act, 2013 is also discussed as a control measure against sexual harassment at workplace with special reference to the Vishakha guidelines (1997). This study is based upon secondary methods of data collection; data is collected from different scholarly work, journals, Books, magazines, newspapers and social networking sites like Google, YouTube, Facebook, etc.

Keywords: Sexual Harassment, workplace, act on harassment, constitution, Discrimination and Vishakha Guidelines.

"Dr, Rekha Suman", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.d214-d221, February-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402325.pdf

"Dr, Rekha Suman", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no. ppd214-d221, February-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402325.pdf