Fw: Sexual harassment at Loyola - Delegation convenes to approach concerned authorities

[shreela manohar]

On Thursday, 10 April 2014 3:13 PM, shreela manohar <shreel...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Please see the attached statement... the earlier statement that was endorsed by you all has been slightly redrafted to make it more relevant for the purpose of the upcoming meeting ... apart from additions there are some changes too. We have shown the statement to those who were involved in the earlier drafting, for consensus. In order to make the re-endorsement easy we would consider it endorsed by all who have earlier endorsed unless they express any clear objection to this here. Please let us know.

A delegation of eminent and concerned civil society members will meet on Friday 11th April i.e. tomorrow. Please do join. We will let you know the venue and time as soon as possible. We will try to get in touch with a phone message too.

The idea is to meet these people in authority and convey the general grievance about the apathy in all colleges towards taking cognizance of sexual harassment cases and following the due process as made available in Vishaka Guidelines or Act, 2013 or doing anything for gender sensitization  in campuses. And more particularly take up the case of Josephine and demand that appropriate action be taken. The redrafted statement conveys the same.

The point is to keep the extra-dialogue open (as it seems necessary in these kind of issues)  with the administration without being anti-legal or affecting the case being pursued in the court in any way.

This is an outcome of the meeting at Prof. Saraswati's house on 5.4.2014. The ones who were able to attend were Josephine, Bhaskar, Deepa, Aparajay, Prof. Saraswati, Prof. Shivkumar and Advocate Pandimadevi. It was proposed that we meet the Director of Education, Secretary, Vice Chancellor - Madras University and Principal, Loyola College. We apprised them of earlier drafting of statement and finalization of it after due consultation. 

Looking forward to your solidarity and co-operation and thanking you,

Regards

Campaign for Gender Rights and Sexual Justice