WGRC Cell
Women’s Grievance Redressal, Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Counselling Cell
Lokbharati University for Rural Innovation (LURI), Sanosara, is committed to creating and maintaining a gender-sensitive and congenial democratic working environment in which students, teachers, and non-teaching staff can work together as a community free of violence, harassment, exploitation, intimidation and stress. It includes all forms of gender violence, sexual harassment and discrimination based on sex/gender or amongst the same sex members. Every member of the University should be aware that while the University is committed to the right to freedom of expression and association, it strongly supports gender equality and opposes any form of gender discrimination and violence.
To facilitate a gender-sensitive and congenial working environment at LURI, a Women’s Grievance Redressal, Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Counselling Cell (WGRC) has been formulated which provides an exclusive platform for women employees and girl students to air their grievances either in person or in writing.
The Cell will go beyond its brief of grievance redressal and play a more proactive role in sensitization of the LURI community towards gender issues to provide a friendly working atmosphere to its women employees. It would be undertaken through the organization of seminars and workshops on issues related to women’s legal rights, health and empowerment.
Objectives of the Cell:
- The Cell will deal with the cases/complaints of sexual harassment and any other type of harassment of the female students, teaching and non-teaching women staff of the University.
- Monitor the functioning of ICC (Internal Complaints Committee), constituted in respective schools across the University.
- The Cell shall process all the individual complaints and take suitable action thereon in the manner and mode per the University Guidelines.
- The Cell shall be accountable to the Vice-Chancellor.
- At least 50 % of the members of the Cell may be women.
- At least one of the members of the Cell may be a person with a psychology and/or legal background.
- The Cell will provide assistance to the Schools/ Departments/ Centers for taking preventive steps in the matter of gender discrimination and sexual harassment.
- The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Ex-officio President of the Cell and he/she may appoint a Chairperson and a Secretary from amongst the members of the Cell.
- The Cell may form/review the guidelines/policy for the Redressal of the grievance as required from time to time, which may be following those issued by Supreme Court and Government Agencies.