The Women and Child Development Ministry (WCD) has proposed to set up a legal panel to probe complaints emerging from the #MeToo movement.
The panel will look into the framework to handle complaints and will propose how to strengthen the redressal mechanism.
WCD Ministry said that it will set up the committee by Monday,15 October.
According to officials, the committee will comprise senior judicial and legal persons as members, to look into all issues emanating from the #MeToo campaign.
The committee will look into the legal and institutional framework which is in place for handling complaints of sexual harassment, including some of the complaints if required, and (it will) advise the ministry on how to strengthen these (mechanisms).Official, WCD Ministry
On Friday, 12 October, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi said that she believes in all the women who have come out with complaints of sexual harassment.
I believe in all of them... I believe in the pain and trauma behind every single complaint.Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development
"I am proposing to set up a committee with senior judicial and legal persons as members to look into all issues emanating from the #MeToo campaign," she said, in an interview to PTI.
While several ministries have not acknowledged the scores of sexual harassment cases being reported, the WCD ministry has been vocal in its support of the movement.
(With inputs from PTI)
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