Awareness of the “Posh” act, 2013 among students: A study of higher educational institutions of Punjab

The institutes of higher learning are those spaces where women learn and prepare themselves to enter into the working world. The students are needed to be informed about the provisions of Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, 2013. Several enactments have been passed in India and at international level to bring about changes in the status of women and to eradicate crimes against women, but we have not yet achieved the desired result. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 was enacted to provide protection to women at workplace. This paper is a study of awareness about the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 among students of Higher Educational Institutions in Punjab.