India’s workplace sexual harassment laws need an update

A decade after India’s landmark legislation on workplace sexual harassment was passed, gaps in ensuring that the law is gender-neutral and queer-friendly must be addressed.

This year will mark 10 years since the passage of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, 2013, protecting employees from sexual harassment at the workplace. But a decade on, some gaps in the landmark legislation have become evident, particularly the shortcomings in ensuring that the law is gender-neutral and queer-friendly.