Good one Similar +1 On Mar 21, 2016 12:01, "Sunil Abraham" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The Centre for Internet and Society > > Statement on Sexual Harassment at ICANN55 > > The Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) strongly condemns the acts of > sexual harassment that took place against one of our representatives, Ms. > Padmini Baruah, during ICANN 55 in Marrakech. It is completely unacceptable > that an event the scale of an ICANN meeting does not have in place a formal > redressal system, a neutral point of contact or even a policy for > complainants who have been put through the ordeal of sexual harassment. > ICANN cannot claim to be inclusive or diverse if it does not formally > recognise a specific procedure or recourse under such instances. > > Ms. Baruah is by no means the first young woman to be subject to such > treatment at an ICANN event, but she is the first to raise a formal > complaint. Following the incident, she was given no immediate remedy or > formal recourse, and that has left her with no option but to make the > incident publicly known in the interim. The ombudsman’s office has been in > touch with her, but this administrative process is simply inadequate for > rights-violations. > > > Ms. Baruah has received support from various community, staff, and board > members. While we are thankful for their support, we believe that this > situation can be better dealt with through some positive measures. We ask > that ICANN carry out the following steps in order to make its meetings a truly > safe and inclusive space: > > > 1. > > Institute a formal redressal system and policy with regard to sexual > harassment within ICANN. The policy must be displayed on the ICANN website, > at the venue of meetings and made available in delegate kits. > 2. > > Institute an Anti Sexual Harassment Committee that is neutral and > approachable. Merely having an ombudsman who is a white male, however well > intentioned, is inadequate and completely unhelpful to the complainant. The > present situation is one where the ombudsman has no effective power and > only advises the board. > 3. > > Conduct periodic gender and sexual harassment training of the ICANN > board to help them better understand these issues. > 4. > > Conduct periodic gender and sexual harassment training for the > ombudsman even if he/she will not be the exclusive point of contact for > complainants as the ombudsman forms an important part of community and > participant engagement. > 5. > > Conduct periodic gender sensitisation for the ICANN community. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ncuc-discuss mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss > >