The document discusses two prominent pieces of legislation passed in India in 2013 to address sexual harassment and abuse: the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act. The Sexual Harassment Act seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work. The Criminal Law Amendment Act amended laws related to sexual offenses in response to protests over incidents of sexual harassment and abuse. Both acts were introduced to react to serious incidents of sexual harassment that occurred in 2012-2013 at the national level in India.

1. INSTITUTION FOR REDRESSING
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE

2. NATIONAL LEVEL
• Efforts to end sexual harassment and exploitation must
include strategies for changing the environments in
which violence and exploitation occur in national level.
Thus while sexual harassment prevention efforts need to
focus on perpetrator behavior and the risk factors that
render victims vulnerable , They also incorporate
methodologies that can foster more comprehensive
environmental change. The year 2013may go down in
india’s history as a landmark year for the protection of
women’s right . The country witnessed the introduction
of two prominent legislations pertaining to sexual
harassment.

3. 1.Sexual Harassment
Of Women At
Workplace

4. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,
Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 is a legislative act in India that
seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work.
It was passed by the Lok Sabha on 3 September 2012. It was passed by
the Raj Sabha (the upper house of the Indian Parliament) on 26
February 2013. The Bill got the assent of the President on 23 April
2013. The Act came into force from 9 December 2013. This statute
superseded the Vishakha Guidelines for prevention of sexual
harassment introduced by the Supreme Court of India. It was reported
by the International Labour Organization that very few Indian
employers were compliant to this statute. Most Indian employers have
not implemented the law despite the legal requirement that any
workplace with more than 10 employees need to implement it.
According to a FICCI-EY November 2015 report, 36% of Indian
companies and 25% among MNCs are not compliant with the Sexual
Harassment Act, 2013. The government has threatened to take stern
action against employers who fail to comply with this law.

5. • The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act,
2013 is an Indian legislation passed by
the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by
the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013,
which provides for amendment of Indian
Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on
laws related to sexual offences. The Bill
received Presidential assent on 2 April
2013 and came into force from 3 April
2013. It was originally an Ordinance
promulgated by the President of India,
Pranab Mukherjee, on 3 April 2013, in
light of the protests in the 2012 Delhi
gang rape case. Both the legislation were
introduced as an immediate reaction to
unfortunate and very serious incidents of
sexual harassment that jolted in the
national level in late 2012 and early 2013.
2.Criminal law
(amendment)
act2013

6. • STATE LEVEL
In the state level sexual
harassment has been
surrounded by myths and
misunderstandings. These
myths and misunderstanding
help perpetuate sexual
harassment.
• SCHOOL LEVEL
The school structure can
contribute to and perpetuate
cycles of abuse where victims
are dependent on the abuser.
Child abuse and innate
partner violence are most
prevalent, as children are
highly dependent on their
care givers to survive and
abusive partner.