NCW issues memo on prevention of sexual harassment

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Mechanisms, Laws, Institutions and Bodies constituted for the Protection and Betterment of these Vulnerable Sections   Source: TH   Direction: The article covers the salient features of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.    Context: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked all …

What is GitHub, at the centre of online sexual harassment probe?

GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Women related issues.   Context: GitHub is the world’s largest open-source developer community platform where users upload their projects and code for others to view, edit, and tweak. It is in the news after it was used to create and share an offensively named app (Bulli Bai) that sexually harassed …