[governance] Statement on Sexual Harassment at ICANN 55

Padmini pdmnbaruah at gmail.com
Fri Mar 18 04:02:03 EDT 2016


Or to just have a pool of five members, standard practice.
On Mar 18, 2016 1:12 PM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:

> I am entirely not disputing the need for diversity - but for a large
> international conference, given the potential number of religions, gender
> identifications etc we would be looking at an infinitely large committee.
>
> Of course having a trusted mediator on hand - who may be closer to your
> tradition - may be a possible way forward in this respect.
>
> thanks
> suresh
>
>
> On 18-Mar-2016, at 1:05 PM, Padmini <pdmnbaruah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 3. While I am all for diversity - I would not say that a committee lacks
> standing to investigate such an issue just because of its lack of
> diversity.  Sexual harassment is condemnable - and in its various degrees,
> criminal, the world over, so that there are very few “cultural”
> justifications to it.
>
> The only problem is , as a woman from a traditional family, speaking up
> about this issue itself is hard. To have to talk about it to two white men
> is difficult into itself. Hence the need for diversity.
>
>
>
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