We get to see headlines in newspapers like "women employee raped by cab driver" ,"sexual harassment of BPO girl".This leads to fear in the minds of parents sending their daughters to this kind of profession .Safe transport has been the main focus for all the girls and women during nights.Most of the cab drivers do harsh driving,sometimes they are heavily drunk and they don't bother driving in intoxication.
The death of Pratibha Srikantamurthy, a HP Globalsoft employee in banglore will always be a nightmare in all parents and daughters life.Hence the company rules goes this way that women must travel in the presence of another male employee.A separate transport department,nternal hotlines and SMS services were introduced to monitor commuting employees. Still, there has been no visible drop in the number of BPO cab drivers involved in crimes.
Women cannot quit the job for these kind of threats because its her livelyhood.According toNASSCOM survey, women constitute 38 per cent of the IT/BPO industry, the largest ratio in any country.Banning the involvement of womens in night shift has snatched away the job opportunities of many .
We see the articles and headlines in newspapers about these issues feel for it and forget it.But think of it if this situation happens to your daughter ,wife or mother???????
its high time people to be precautions and proactive to prevent these crimes occur!!!!!!!!
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These social alert features are good.. keep posting stuff like this
this article creates awareness among working women in I.T industry .. ppl should be aware of such crimes n should chose d best jobs tat ll ensure their personal security..
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