SHe-Box Portal:
Union Ministry of Women and Child Development recently launched the new SHe-Box portal.
- SHe-Box Portal is a centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment of women in the workplace
- It serves as a centralized repository of information related to Internal Committees (ICs) and Local Committees (LCs) formed across the country, encompassing both the government and private sectors.
- It offers a common platform to file complaints, track their status, and ensure time-bound processing of complaints by ICs.
- It provides assured redressal of complaints and a streamlined process for all stakeholders.
- The portal will also enable real-time monitoring of complaints through a designated nodal officer.
- The portal will ensure that complaints can be safely registered without personal information being publicly accessible.
- The SHe-Box portal can be accessed at https://shebox.wcd.gov.in
- In 2017, an upgraded version of SHe-Box was launched based on The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013, where women who are harassed at any workplace can register their case on this, SHe-Box, file their complaint, and then two types of committees will be formed.
- One, for private institutions, an internal committee will be formed, and for government institutions, a local committee will be formed under the chairmanship of the DM or DC or an officer appointed by them, and actions will be taken by them from time to time.
