{"id":28044,"date":"2024-08-20T18:45:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T13:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=28044"},"modified":"2024-08-23T23:11:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T17:41:53","slug":"justice-hema-committee-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-08-2024\/justice-hema-committee-report","title":{"rendered":"Justice Hema Committee Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Governance\/Social Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Justice Hema Committee report exposed pervasive sexual exploitation and rights violations against women in the Malayalam film industry.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Five years ago, the report was submitted to the Kerala government.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The committee identified <strong>at least 17 forms of exploitation<\/strong> experienced by women working in<strong> 30 different categories<\/strong> within the industry.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Key issues included the casting couch, lack of basic amenities, and threats against filing complaints.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The committee confirms the rumoured existence of the practice of \u201ccasting couch\u201d in the industry.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The three-member committee, consisting <\/strong>of retired High Court Justice K. Hema, former actress Sharada, and retired IAS officer K.B. Valsala Kumari, was established in response to a demand from the Women in Cinema Collective.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This demand followed the abduction and sexual assault of a leading female actor in 2017\u2014a case that remains in trial, with prominent actor Dileep listed as the eighth accused.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Major Concerns<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Producers are warned by the industry\u2019s <strong>\u201cpower group\u201d<\/strong> not to cast actors who fall out of favour with them.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even the <strong>release of movies can be prevented<\/strong> as the Film Chamber of Commerce has to issue NOC.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The report highlights the <strong>lack of changing rooms or toilet facilities<\/strong> on the set, especially in outdoor locations, leading to <strong>urinary infection <\/strong>for many women.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Junior artists <\/strong>are in some cases <strong>\u201ctreated worse than slaves\u201d <\/strong>with work extending up to 19 hours.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The lack of a written contract<\/strong> is exploited by some to deprive the actors and technicians of even the remuneration promised orally.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another alarming finding is that many men assume that women willing to perform intimate scenes on-screen are also willing to do so off-set, reflecting a <strong>lack of professionalism and understanding of the craft<\/strong> among men in the industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Way Ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The release of the Justice Hema Committee report <strong>marks a critical moment<\/strong> for the Malayalam film industry, as it confronts <strong>long standing issues of exploitation and gender inequality.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The findings call for <strong>urgent attention from civil society and industry leaders<\/strong> to address and rectify these deep-seated problems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Hema Committee report recommends<strong> setting up a civil court-like tribunal <\/strong>to deal with serious issues faced by women employed in the Malayalam film industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/entertainment\/movies\/k-hema-committee-report-reveals-sexual-exploitation-in-malayalam-film-industry\/article68543362.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Hema Committee report exposed pervasive sexual exploitation and rights violations against women in the Malayalam film industry..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28174,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28044\/revisions\/28174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}