Reasons For Low POSH Compliance

Sexual harassment of women at workplace is that form of gender discrimination at workplace that is still not a thing of past. Gender inequality in corporate sector in India persists at an astonishing rate yet is unnoticed by many. While talking about gender discrimination, it is important to substantiate facts with numbers that make difference! India ranked 143rd out of 153 countries in World Economic Forum's, the Gender Gap Report of 2022.¹ Merely knowing that gender gaps exist is not enough, understanding the causes, possible outcomes and consequences therein and strategizing a methodology to reverse this gap is the need of the hour.

A country's economic growth is interdependent on social development of people which in turn is co-related with equal representation of women at positions of authority in organizations, especially in a country like India. India has been keenly eyeing on becoming the 5 trillion economy by 2025. However, with the existing gender gaps and