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Looking beyond the law

How to encourage sexual harassment victims at the workplace to speak out without fear.

Sonal Mattoo Advocate, Delhi

You walk into the manager's room after returning from your honeymoon and he greets you with, "marriage suits you, you have filled up in all the right places". You walk up to the human resource in disbelief and share what's happened. You are asked for proof, reprimanded because you extended your leave without intimation, and informed that the human resource department has never received a complaint

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