Kerala Women’s Commission Chairperson P. Sathidevi has called upon the government to ensure that internal complaints committees are activated at all educational institutions before the commencement of the new academic year. She was speaking after an adalat of the commission in Kozhikode on Monday.
Several complaints about workplace harassment and domestic violence were brought up at the adalat. Ms. Sathidevi said there should be a permanent counselling mechanism under every local body and called for police intervention to prevent problems caused by use of alcohol and drug abuse in residential areas.
She condemned the situation where aged parents had to approach court to get their property back from their children after the latter ill-treated them.
A total of 68 complaints were taken up at the adalat, of which 11 were resolved while one was handed over to the vigilance committee. The report of the internal complaints committee was sought in one case, while 49 were set aside for the next adalat.
Commission members Indira Raveendran and P. Kunhayisha were present.
