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Efforts made by the women's movement led the _________ to formulate guidelines in 1997 to protect women against _________ at the workplace and within educational institutions.
Efforts made by the women's movement led the _________ to formulate guidelines in 1997 to protect women against _________ at the workplace and within educational institutions.
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The correct option is A Supreme Court; sexual harassment
Note: We must understand that at a pan India level, it is the Supreme Court which is entitled to formulate guidelines, and not a particular High Court which mostly looks only after the state that it represents.Sexual harassment was identified as a form of violence against women at workplaces and educational institutions, in 1997, when the Supreme Court formulated the 'Vishaka guidelines' against sexual harassment. This was followed by the enactment of a full fledged law against such harassment in the year 2013.Domestic violence entails violence within the confines of the domestic sphere. At a workplace and in educational institutions, sexual harassment is the most common form of violence.
Note: We must understand that at a pan India level, it is the Supreme Court which is entitled to formulate guidelines, and not a particular High Court which mostly looks only after the state that it represents.
Sexual harassment was identified as a form of violence against women at workplaces and educational institutions, in 1997, when the Supreme Court formulated the 'Vishaka guidelines' against sexual harassment. This was followed by the enactment of a full fledged law against such harassment in the year 2013.
Domestic violence entails violence within the confines of the domestic sphere. At a workplace and in educational institutions, sexual harassment is the most common form of violence.
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