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Time of India
04-07-2025
- General
- Time of India
CNLU workshop formulates foolproof action plan on POSH
1 2 Patna: A five-day capacity building workshop on 'Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (POSH) Act, 2013', organised by Gender Resource Centre (GRC) of Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and state women and child development corporation, concluded here on Friday with the formulation of a foolproof action plan. This workshop had three-fold objectives — creating competent trainers, enhancing awareness and compliance, and driving sustainable impact via post-training support. The programme equipped the participants with the knowledge, skills and resources, enabling them to become effective trainers for leading similar capacity-building programmes at the district and block levels. A key feature of the workshop was the orientation on the "SHe-Box'(Sexual Harassment electronic Box), an online portal launched by the ministry of women and child development. More than 100 nodal officers and district-level administrators for POSH attended the workshop, aimed at equipping them with the knowledge and skills required for the effective implementation of the Act. A panel of experts, including Smita Jha of IIT-Roorkee, legal activist Anchal Gupta, advocate Apoorv Yadav from Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court, and legal consultants Gandhali Bhide and Vinda Mahajan, monitored the technical sessions of the workshop and trained the officials. At the outset, CNLU-GRC's director Ayushi Dubey welcomed the participants.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Need action to create safer, healthier environment for adolescent girls in state: Experts
Patna: Policy makers, development planners and academics of the state reviewed and validated the critical evidence supporting investments, reducing child marriage and adolescent pregnancy in Bihar, at a workshop jointly organised by the Gender Resource Centre of Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) here on collaborative dialogue and evidence-based discussions, the workshop on "The Case for Investment in Interventions to Child Marriage and Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy in Bihar" underscored the need for coordinated action to create a safer, healthier, and more equitable environment for adolescent girls across the observed that despite the state's rich cultural heritage and vibrant demographics, alarming statistics from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) depict a sorry state of affairs so far as the growth and development of girl child is concerned. The statistics reveal that Bihar has the second-highest incidences of child marriage in the country, with 40.8% of women married before reaching the legal age of 18. Additionally, the prevalence of adolescent pregnancies continues to be a significant concern, with 11% of girls aged between 15 and 19 are either already mothers or pregnant with their first among those who attended the workshop and shared their experiences included development commissioner, Pratyaya Amrit; social welfare department's secretary, Bandana Preyashi; CNLU's vice-chancellor Faizan Mustafa and others.
