National conference on safety of women at workplace

New Delhi, Feb 13, 2026 : Ministry of Women and Child Development will organise a ‘National Conference on Safety of Women at Workplace, (SHe-Box) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi tomorrow.

The Conference aims to create safe, dignified, and harassment-free workplaces for all women across sectors, and to strengthen the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

Union Women and Child Development Minister Annpurna Devi, Minister of State Savitri Thakur and senior government officials from Central Ministries, departments, States and Union Territories will join the conference. A National Workplace Safety Pledge will also be administered on the occasion.

The Ministry launched the SHe-Box portal in August 2024 as a secure, user-friendly, multilingual single-window platform with strict confidentiality, allowing online complaint filing, automatic forwarding to the concerned Internal or Local Committee, and real-time tracking to enhance transparency and accountability for assisting the stakeholders for effective implementation of the POSH Act.

The portal serves as a resource hub, enabling workplaces to upload compliance-related information, including committee details, annual reports, and awareness and training initiatives.