Campaign to report sexual harassment against women

The menace of

sexual harassment

has been spoken about often and people have come up with several initiatives in this regard. One such was launched by at

Viviana

Mall recently , in partnership with the Thane Police. It was to encourage everyone to make it their responsibility to ensure the safety and security of women across the board and contribute towards ending this issue. The #MeraFarzHai hashtag was unveiled by

Joint Commissioner of Police

,

Suresh Kumar Mekhla

. A special

self-defense

training

workshop

was also organised at the

event

conducted by a

martial arts

practitioner who has trained women across the armed forces, police and BSF.

‘The idea is to involve society to be more conscious’

L-R (Rima Kirtikar, ACP Padmaja Chavan, Joint CP Suresh Kumar Mekhla and Manoj K Agarwal)

A

flash mob

was also performed by a leading dance group to support and share the pertinence of the message. A pledge booth was set up patrons blindfolded themselves and read out a touching poem that aligned their minds to the plight of women and the horrors they go through on a daily basis.
Speaking about the social initiative, Rima Kirtikar, Chief Marketing Officer of the mall said, “This year we believed that the sensitive issue of harassment and abuse needed to be addressed and the pertinent point that came about was that it is always someone else’s problem and issue to be solved. The idea here was to involve society to be more conscious and to take the onus on to themselves to report any incident and get involved where necessary to become a deterrent to incidents. The campaign puts the onus of creating a safer world for women, on each one of us. We believe that a more inclusive and participative community goes in a long way to create a more secure and

safe environment

for all.”
Commenting on the event, Joint Commissioner of Police, Suresh Kumar Mekhla, said, “It is not only the responsibility of the police but also the entire community to come forward to make a society that is safe for women. We applaud such initiatives that highlight the atrocities and make people aware of their rights and responsibilities towards the community. If we all come together as one and work in harmony with each other, we can ensure that we create a model society for all where crime has no place and women and children can feel safe and secure. We encourage and welcome enthusiastic participation of one and all in this initiative.”