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GSCASH (Internal Complaints Committee)

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Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH)

S. B Deorah College, Ulubari, Guwahati

Article 21 of the Constitution of India assures every individual the right to live with human dignity, free from exploitation. The State, therefore, is under a constitutional obligation to see that there is no violation of the fundamental right of any person. Keeping with this, and in pursuance of UGC (Prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher educational institutions) Regulations, 2015 read with Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, the GSCASH of S. B. Deorah College is constituted. GSCASH is the instrument of the college for addressing issues/grievances/cases of sexual harassment and recommending their redressal. It is in this spirit that the GSCASH is formulated to prevent sexual harassment of women on the campus. The policy extends to all students, faculty, staff, officers of the college. The Committee will take cognizance of all forms of sexual harassment in the college and will promote gender sensitization.

Functions of GSCASH

GSCASH has two major functions: Preventive and Remedial
• To organize programmes for the gender sensitization of the campus community through workshops, seminars, posters, film shows, debates, skits, etc.
• To conduct at least one major activity per semester involving large sections of the campus community.
• To work towards creating an atmosphere of promoting equality, non-discrimination, and gender sensitivity.
• To promote and facilitate measures to create a work and study environment that is free of sexual harassment.
• To receive and take cognizance of complaints made about sexual harassment at the college and give every complaint serious consideration.
• To conduct Crisis Management, Mediation and Counselling.
• To conduct enquiries into the complaints, place findings and recommendations regarding penalties against the harasser in accordance with the rules and procedures laid down by the GSCASH, before the College Administration.

Members

ID	Name	Designation	Post
39	Dr Nabanita Goswami	Assistant Professor	Member
38	Dr Arifa Tabassum	Assistant Professor	Member
37	Dr Pallabi Baruah	Assistant Professor	Member
36	Ms Joyeeta Das	Associate Professor	Member
35	Ms Chinmoyee Das	Assistant Professor	Convenor

Events

ID	Title	Description	Date	View
64	Workshop on Gender Sensitisation	A workshop on Internal Complaints Committee (GSCASH) was held on 26/04/2023, organised by the GSCASH Cell (Internal Complaints Committee), in association with the Dept. of Political Science. As part of the workshop, Dr Minakshi Buragohain, Assistant Prof, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, was invited as the Resource Person. The resource person delivered a talk on "Understanding the role and working of GSCASH in creating a safe and inclusive academia". Dr Buragohain talked about the significance of the ICC (GSCASH) in creating gender sensitization and awareness in workplace. The resource person said that, for betterment of society, academic institutions have an ethical responsibility of shaping the current structures by breaking the prevailing regressive norms. The resource person talked about the fundamental mechanisms through which the ICC (GSCASH) Cell of an institution should work. The workshop was attended by 49 students and faculties.	2023-04-26	View File
65	Talk on Gender Sensitisation of the Third Gender	A talk on Gender Sensitisation of the Third Gender was organised by Internal Complaints Committee (GSCASH) on 31/05/2024. Dr Pallabi Baruah, Assistant Prof, Dept. of English, was invited as the Resource Person. The resource person delivered a talk on " Gender Sensitization: The Third Gender's Right to Dignity". Dr Baruah gave an enlightening talk where she introduced the gathering to several fundamental concepts relating to the understanding of the third gender, their struggles, their politics and the various consequences of the neglect and apathy by the society on them. She highlighted how by empathising with the struggles of the third gender we can create an equal and safe space for them, which will lead to a more just, progressive and accountable society. The workshop was attended by around 40 students and faculties and led to an interesting Q&A session between them.	2024-05-31	View File

Proceedings of Meetings

ID	Title	View
26	First meeting of the Cell	View File
28	Discussion of the working mechanism of GSCASH (ICC)	View File
29	Discussion of the working mechanism of GSCASH (ICC)	View File
59	Gender Audit	View File

Reports

ID	Title	View
9	Workshop on Gender Sensitisation	View File
10	Talk on Gender Sensitisation of the Third Gender	View File
44	UGC Regulation on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment, 2015	View File