Awareness session on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace & Unconscious Bias

Session I: Awareness session on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace

The Parliament enacted The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The Government has mandated under section 19 (c) of the Act read with Rule 13 (d) of its Rules for all employers to conduct programmes/workshop from time to time to sensitise employees and skill building programmes for the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) members.

Topics to be covered:
 

	Introduction & Background of Law
	Identifying Sexual Harassment
	Recourse against Sexual harassment
	Inquiry and Conciliation procedure
	Judicial Precedence

Session II: Are you Conscious of your Unconscious Bias?

This workshop is designed to explore how you perceive situations and become aware of the need to use lateral thinking - to think outside ones "self-limiting box"; to break down preconceived ideas. This short interactive & practical workshop allows people to understand the concept of unconscious bias and develop strategies to ensure personal biases are effectively managed.

Core skills covered:
 

	What is unconscious bias - why is it important?
	Recognizing the science behind unconscious bias
	Understanding individual biases and assessing their impact on our learning/teaching
	Creating personal strategies to minimize the impact of our own biases.