SBI circular on proposed employment guidelines for pregnant women arbitrary prejudiced CPI MP
New Delhi Jan 28 PTI CPI MP Binoy Viswam on Friday termed arbitrary and prejudiced an SBI circular on proposed employment guidelines which reportedly stated that a woman candidate who is more than three months pregnant will be considered temporarily unfit and she may be allowed to join within four months of the childs delivery In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday the MP said it was shocking that such guidelines were issued by a public sector bank It completely undermines the rights of women It appears that under the garb of empowering women the new guidelines which consider pregnant women who are three months and above as being temporarily unfit for appointment are in fact arbitrarily discriminating against them he said This policy fails to consider the interests of working women and will cause further discrimination against them in the work space Women are constantly subjected to arbitrary policies that are rooted in patriarchal mindsets Viswam added He further said he found it appalling that a government-run bank is not only reinforcing stereotypes but actively contributing to their creation Any policy that concerns women in the workspace must ensure that it does not become a tool of discrimination and oppression For generations women have struggled to enter the workforce and challenge notions of patriarchy including within the State Bank of India Such guidelines are undemocratic arbitrary and prejudiced the parliamentarian said The All India Democratic Womens Association AIDWA has also condemned the move and said that the circular was coated with discrimination The new years gift to women by the State Bank of India is one coated with discrimination The revised instruction is bringing back the humiliation to force The practice is discriminative against women This amounts to breach of constitutional provision guaranteeing equal opportunity to all The AIDWA demands that the anti-women guidelines be immediately withdrawn by the SBI it said PTI ASG AAR
New Delhi Jan 28 PTI CPI MP Binoy Viswam on Friday termed arbitrary and prejudiced an SBI circular on proposed employment guidelines which reportedly stated that a woman candidate who is more than three months pregnant will be considered temporarily unfit and she may be allowed to join within four months of the childs delivery In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday the MP said it was shocking that such guidelines were issued by a public sector bank It completely undermines the rights of women It appears that under the garb of empowering women the new guidelines which consider pregnant women who are three months and above as being temporarily unfit for appointment are in fact arbitrarily discriminating against them he said This policy fails to consider the interests of working women and will cause further discrimination against them in the work space Women are constantly subjected to arbitrary policies that are rooted in patriarchal mindsets Viswam added He further said he found it appalling that a government-run bank is not only reinforcing stereotypes but actively contributing to their creation Any policy that concerns women in the workspace must ensure that it does not become a tool of discrimination and oppression For generations women have struggled to enter the workforce and challenge notions of patriarchy including within the State Bank of India Such guidelines are undemocratic arbitrary and prejudiced the parliamentarian said The All India Democratic Womens Association AIDWA has also condemned the move and said that the circular was coated with discrimination The new years gift to women by the State Bank of India is one coated with discrimination The revised instruction is bringing back the humiliation to force The practice is discriminative against women This amounts to breach of constitutional provision guaranteeing equal opportunity to all The AIDWA demands that the anti-women guidelines be immediately withdrawn by the SBI it said PTI ASG AAR
