2026-02-18 / oral_question: Oral Question Q.1466/2025 - Plantation Workers and Wild Animal Attacks

The Hon. (Ms.) Ambika Samivel

2026-02-18

Ms. Ambika Samivel raised a supplementary question regarding verbal harassment faced by women workers on estates, particularly by supervisory staff. She inquired whether a mechanism exists to ensure legal action is taken in such cases and called on the Minister to address the issue.

Hon. Speaker, my first supplementary is this: Women working on estates, who form the majority of the workforce, face verbal harassment, often by supervisory staff. Is there a mechanism to ensure legal action is taken in such cases? I request the Minister’s attention to this matter.