KFCC defers decision on PoSH panel: Kavitha Lankesh

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru

The decision taken by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) to form a PoSH committee headed by her to address sexual harassment complaints has been deferred, said filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh on Tuesday. KFCC had constituted a 10-member Complaints Internal Committee under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act on December 1, Lankesh told PTI. Incidentally, Lankesh is the president of Film Industry for Rights and Equality (FIRE), an organisation that fights for women's rights and against abuse in the Kannada film industry. FIRE has been pushing KFCC to form a committee on the lines of Justice Hema Committee that has encouraged many women to come out with their complaints against sexual predators in the Malayalam film industry. She has been informed that the decision has been deferred.