Awareness campaign on Prevention of Sexual Harassment

Prevention of Sexual Harassment cell of SIMATS conducted an awareness campaign on prevention of sexual harassment on 8th June, 2022 at Saveetha Dental College. The target audience of the campaign was the students, teaching staffs, non- teaching staffs, house-keeping staffs and visitors of Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals and Saveetha School of Law. The objective of this campaign was to give awareness on the major sexual harassment problems faced by women in modern scenarios, insights on the existing laws, the ways by which they can report and act in such situations, and the remedies available to them. The campaign was conducted in two languages, in English for students and faculties of Saveetha Dental College and Saveetha School of Law and in Tamil for the non-teaching staffs, house-keeping staffs and visitors of Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals and Saveetha School of Law. The resource persons of the campaign were comprised of the following 12 students from Saveetha School of Law, Samrin Sulaiman (131902006), Jyotsna Roja (131901023), S.Ragava Prasath (131904001), Sarnitha B (131902053), Manaswini M. K. (131902049), Harshini A (131902073), Swetha S (131902001), Mridhula Korapati (132002002), Punnagai K (132101118), Saghana Mahendran (132102070), Srinidhi (132102075) and Tameena H (132101117). The organizer of this awareness campaign was Prof. Dr. Asha Sundaram, Principal, Saveetha School of Law The faculty coordinators of the campaign were Dr. Sreeya B, Associate Professor, Saveetha School of Law, Ms. Girija Anil and Ms. Bhuvaneswari, Assistant Professors, from Saveetha School of Law. The POSH SDC member, Dr. A.S. Smiline Girija, Professor was a significant contributor to the campaign. The student coordinators were Samrin Sulaiman and Jyotsna Roja pursuing 3rd Year of BBA LLB and BA LLB (Hons.) respectively from Saveetha School of Law. The awareness campaign was able to reach out to more than 200 people. The campaign was able to make the audience understand the brutality of the crime of sexual harassment and made them aware regarding the existing laws governing it and also enlightened them on the methods to prevent it from happening. It also opened up the several ways through which the victims of sexual harassment can get their remedies if such an incident occurs. The POSH Cell has been playing its vital role at the Institution exclusively for the purpose of addressing the grievance related to sexual harassment and helping the victims achieve the remedies.