CII-IWN Pune Chapter – Gender Diversity and Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) at Workplace
21/08/2019
About
CII-IWN Pune had organised a Training Program on “Gender Diversity and Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) at Workplace”.
The objective of the workshop was to understand “The Shift of Awareness to Action”.
The training program helped the participants to:
- Understand the gender biases, gender stereotypes and gender discrimination with further reference to PoSH Act.
- Changing Gender Biases in Workplace and why do we need Gender Diversity?
- Equipped the participants with knowledge of how to handle a complaint through fair, sensitive investigations and grievance handling
- How we look people with biases?
- How can we teach our next generation to change their thought process towards gender awareness?
- To be more conscious today than yesterday and open our-self to gender biases
- Changing mindsets of society and self
- To understand the procedural aspects of PoSH Act
- How to create gender neutral workplace?

Agenda
- MANAGING WORKPLACE DIVERSITY
Introduction to the concept of Biases and Particularly Gender Bias
Discussion on Male Female Attributes, Gender and Sex
Gender stereotypes; Gender Bias; Gender Discrimination
Men and Women at workplaces – How diverse styles leads to better and more balanced organisations – how even conventional understanding of male and female attributes contributes greatly to the organization
Women in Leadership
- SEXUAL HARRASMENT PREVENTION TRAINING (Acting & Drama based Training)
Prevention of Sexual Harassment – Mindset and behavioral issues (Act by Dance
drama Team Sutradhar)
Detailed discussion on important concepts under the law
Compliance requirements under the law
Skill development for HR and IC Members to handle situations and cases of Sexual Harassment at workplace
Concluding Activity demonstrating the understanding of the POSH law
Speakers
Ms Rupal Sancheti, Chairperson, IWN Pune Chapter & Director, Sancheti Hospital, Adv Divya Chavan Jachak, Co-Chairperson, IWN Pune Chapter Advocate & Co-Founder, GenderSense and Team GenderSense, with acts by dance-drama Team Sutradhar addressed the delegates about managing Workplace Diversity with concerns of PoSH at workplace.
Contact
Bhagyashree Gade
Executive Officer Confederation of Indian Industry Pune Zonal Office Office D, 10th Floor, Godrej Eternia-C, ‘B’ Wing 3, Off Mumbai Pune Highway Wakdewadi, Shivajinagar Pune 411 005 Tel: 020-66075800-01 (Board) / 66075809 (Dir) Fax: 020-66075822 Email: bhagyashree.gade@cii.in Website: www.cii.in |
Natasha Patil
Executive Confederation of Indian Industry Pune Zonal Office Office D, 10th Floor, Godrej Eternia-C, ‘B’ Wing 3, Off Mumbai Pune Highway Wakdewadi, Shivajinagar Pune 411 005 Tel: 020-66075800-01 (Board) / 66075813 (Dir) Fax: 020-66075822 Email: natasha.patil@cii.in Website: www.cii.in |
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