Dharamshala: Women’s Empowerment Desk, Department of Home, CTA organised an awareness workshop to empower women against sexual harassment at workplace on 20 August at Tibetan Career Centre (TCC), Old Reception Centre, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala. Twenty-five trainees from various vocations participated in the workshop along with the staff.

The workshop aimed to bring awareness among the Tibetan women and men in TCC regarding sexual harassment i.e. identifying sexual harassment, providing preventive and legal measures against sexual harassment as well as to protect oneself both physically and mentally from any other kind of harassment.

The first session shed light on the sexual harassment at workplace, why we should stand against sexual harassment, how we can identify sexual harassment or harassment and how we can defend ourselves from such violation. Along with that, workshop provided awareness on the importance of protecting oneself from physical and psychological harassment. Majority of the participants have not thought about preparing themselves to protect against any harassment, so this workshop became a signal for them to do so.

Participants in the workshop felt great need for such workshop in future to other women who are not aware on the subject. This workshop helped them to have better understanding on sexual harassment and empowered them to prevent and challenge against any harassment in future. They all found the topic very interesting and have learned how they can protect themselves from sexual harassment or harassment in terms of steps and legal measures against it. Hence, the workshop was an eye opener to the participants. Finally, Workshop received very positive response in the feedback from the participants.

– Report filed by department of home –