Which of the following can provide redressal in case a female domestic worker files a sexual harassment complaint against her employer?
Local Complaints Committee
Womens Cell
Internal Complaints Committee
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Which of the following can provide redressal in case a female domestic worker files a sexual harassment complaint against her employer?
Local Complaints Committee
Womens Cell
Internal Complaints Committee
Which among the following constitutes sexual harassment according to the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013?
Acid attack
Unwelcome physical contact and advances, or unwelcome sexually colored remarks
Trafficking
What was the name given to the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guaranteed Womens right to vote in the United States.
Susan B. Anthony Amendment
Gloria Steinem Amendment
Abigail Adams Amendment
Sojourner Truth Amendment
What was the first country that granted women the right to vote?
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Canada
Germany
What does the definition of violence against women adopted by the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women include?
Both
Only domestic violence
Only violence perpetrated or condoned by the State
What are the minimum and maximum punishments for a person convicted of raping a woman who has never been his wife?
minimum three year imprisonment; maximum death sentence
minimum seven year imprisonment; maximum life imprisonment
minimum seven years imprisonment; maximum death sentence
minimum five year imprisonment; maximum ten year imprisonment
Untouchability is abolished under.................of Indian constitution
Article 143
Article 27
Article 17
Article 202
Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, the Sub-Divisional Level Committees and the District Level Committees for vesting of forest rights
need not have any woman member
must have at least 1 woman member in each
must have at least 2 women members in each
Under immoral traffic (prevention) act 1956, a trafficking police officer can
search premises of the accused without any search warrant, but with two respectable witnesses
remove any person found during the search from the premises of the accused, only after permission from the accused
arrest a suspect only with an arrest warrant
search premises of the accused her/himself, with a search warrant
The term suffragist is derived from
the Constitution
the Bill of Rights
one who suffers
a voting tablet in ancient times
The punishment for stalking a woman, on the first offence, is
monetary fine and/or up to six months imprisonment
only monetary fine
upto three years imprisonment
six months to one year imprisonment
The punishment for a person convicted of voyeurism, on the first offence, is
monetary fine and/or up to six months imprisonment
only monetary fine
one to three years imprisonment
six months to one year imprisonment
The nursing break applicable to a mother who has returned to her duties after availing maternity leave until the child attains 15 months of age, is
two breaks during the working hours including the regular interval/ rest period
two breaks during the working hours excluding the regular interval/ rest period
one break during the working hours including the regular interval/ rest period
one break during the working hours excluding the regular interval/ rest period
The information on whether a specific woman underwent medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) in a hospital in the past can be obtained
by visiting the hospital and checking the hospital records
by filing an RTI to the hospital by the current husband
by submitting an application from the in-laws family and paying the necessary fees to the hospital
no one can access the information
The following establishment (in which 10 or more employees are employed), is NOT covered for maternity benefits (as per the Maternity Benefit Act)
tree plantation sector
Indian Railway authorized private train-ticketing sector
make-up and hair-dresser agency
none of the above
The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women was made by the United Nations General Assembly in
1981
1993
1988
1979
The Council of Europe Convention recognizes all of the following about domestic violence, EXCEPT that
Domestic violence affects women disproportionately
Economic violence within the family or domestic unit is not domestic violence
Men may be victims of domestic violence
Children are victims of domestic violence
The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence was signed in
2003
2007
2011
2009
The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in
1981
1975
1979
1983
Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 mandates every organization to have a committee to redress sexual harassment complaints filed by women employees. The committee is called
Womens Cell
Internal Complaints Committee
Local Complaints Committee