The #MeToo is a wakeup call for all the TV and film production houses that have overnight set up an in house special committee on sexual harassment. The Producers Guild of India has called for an Extraordinary General Meeting to amend its by-laws and which are as follows:
One, make it mandatory for all existing and new members to sign a declaration that affirms that ‘The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013’ and any amendment/ successor act thereof has been instituted and implemented in their workplaces, as prescribed by the law.
The above has to be signed and submitted by every Guild member within 30 days of receipt of the declaration from the Guild. Within these 30 days, the Guild will schedule a series of workshops to be conducted by specialized external agencies, which will enable its members to institute and implement these robust processes at their workplaces, if they have not already done so.
(To be continued)
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