Hyderabad: Olympics and World Championships silver medallist ace shuttler PV Sindhu noted Friday evening that a lot of respect was given to women in foreign countries, but, in India, people do not practice what they preach.
Speaking at an event titled ‘SH(OUT) – Sexual Harassment Out: We are listening’, organised by the Hyderabad Police here, Sindhu said, “I feel really happy that there is lot of respect towards women in other countries, while in India, people actually tell us that we should respect women, but I think there are very rare people who actually practice it… who actually do it (respect). It’s just that they only say it and they don’t practice it,” Sindhu stated.
“I want to say and wish that everybody should respect others and especially women and we as women have to be strong and we have to believe ourselves that we can do anything.”
Women who face sexual harassment, be it physical or mental, should come forward and should not be ashamed of it, and they should talk about and speak about it, Sindhu stressed.
She also said the #MeToo movement had brought lot of awareness about sexual harassment of women at workplace, adding that this movement educated both women and also men about the responsibilities towards the society.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said that the vision of the initiative is to spread awareness across working women in all sectors on what amounts to sexual harassment and what measures are required to be taken for its prevention.
PTI