https://www.scmp.com/rss/507118/feed Gauri Kohli is a Delhi-based senior journalist, editor and freelance writer who has covered higher education, workplace and HR trends, social issues, health, lifestyle and real estate for 15 years. She has written for national daily newspapers and magazines in India and abroad including Hindustan Times, Education World, The Pioneer and Professionals in International Education News (UK) and Campus Review (Australia). en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Remote working during the coronavirus pandemic has been traumatic for Sameera Kumar, a young executive with a financial services company in Gurgaon, India. She was a victim of virtual sexual harassment at work, which started with regular phone calls after office hours from her male team leader that went on for three months during the lockdown that started in March. Finally, she decided she had had enough and stopped responding to him. The tack backfired, however, as her manager then started... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3110779/coronavirus-india-online-sex-harassment-against?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3110779/coronavirus-india-online-sex-harassment-against?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Nov 2020 03:30:18 +0000 The decision by delivery company Zomato to introduce 10 days of annual period leave to all staff has attracted a mixed response in India, a country where it is taboo to discuss menstruation and other women’s health issues. According to Unicef, seven in 10 Indian girls only find out about menstruation when they have it for the first time. Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal thanked the firm’s women leaders for driving the change, which he said had made the company “a little more inclusive”. “We want... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3100320/period-leave-will-it-end-indias-taboo-or-it-red-flag?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3100320/period-leave-will-it-end-indias-taboo-or-it-red-flag?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Sep 2020 08:52:01 +0000