Summary:
The Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) wrote to the Vice-Chancellor (VC) on Wednesday raising concerns over several cases of sexual harassment being reported from its colleges lately. Another case of sexual harassment was reported by two women, a student and a teacher, against the head of the university's chemistry department in March. Two female students - one from Daulat Ram College (DRC) and another from Bharti College - had filed sexual harassment complaints against their teachers in January and February, respectively. "As a result, women students and employees are facing continued harassment, intimidation, and hostility in their workplace, which has vitiated the working environment for the entire university community," it said. The cases triggered a spate of protests by students at the DU led by Pinjra Tod, a women's collective..