In collaboration with Fair Wear Foundation, MARG is working to raise awareness about workplace standards, gender, to train their employees and managers/supervisors, laws and proper behaviour. Thus, helping garment factories to comply with Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2013 and grievance systems in export-oriented garment factories as education process is the first and important step in preventing and managing sexual harassment in the workplace. MARG has conducted trainings based on module devised by Fair Wear Foundation in factories located in Noida, Gurgaon, Ludhiana, West Bengal and Gujarat. The training module was exclusively designed for management/supervisors and workers of the factories.
The objective of training is to sensitize employees and workers on gender issues and to avoid sexual harassment at workplace of women workers as well as it will strengthen grievance redressal mechanism, increased awareness of worker’s rights, professional relationships, prevent bigger problems among production workers and management.
FWFs complaints procedure will ensure proper handling of harassment cases if they want to file a complaint in the absence of other functioning grievance mechanisms.
MARG is also conducting ICC follow up quarterly in the factories premise.