FEFKA was shocked by the revelations within the business.
The federation additionally expressed concern over the discovering that Girls in Cinema Collective members have steadily been denied alternatives.
The Movie Workers Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) expressed shock over the revelations made by ladies from the Malayalam movie business within the Hema Committee report.
A letter despatched by FEFKA basic secretary B. Unnikrishnan to the secretaries of the 21 unions of the federation referred to as on them to deliberate on the report throughout the unions and put ahead their options. He additionally conveyed that the federation had no prior information of the “energy group” and emphasised that this declare must be completely investigated.
“As a office, we now have to journey rather a lot to make sure gender justice and girls’s security. Deep-rooted patriarchal habits and approaches must be shed. Although rather a lot has modified for the reason that days the Hema committee functioned, steady course correction is required,” learn the letter dated August 21.
“Girls typically hesitate to complain to unions about sexual and work-related points due to the worry and reluctance inside them. It isn’t a person’s limitation. It’s a assemble of the patriarchy persisting in our office for many years. At the moment, the state of affairs has modified to an extent. Girls within the workforce have began to talk up,” it mentioned.
The federation additionally expressed concern over the discovering that Girls in Cinema Collective (WCC) members have steadily been denied alternatives. “This can be a criticism that the administrators’ union, writers union and manufacturing executives union ought to study intimately. The variety of movies wherein the members of WCC labored from 2018 to 2024 must be taken. If a director or author has wished to work with a member of WCC and was prevented simply because she is a member of the collective is a matter of great concern and actions must be taken,” it learn.
Whereas speaking to The Hindu, Unnikrishnan mentioned, “The FEFKA steering committee was convened on August 20, the day after the Hema committee report was printed, to debate it. We ready tips and handed them on for all of the unions to debate. undefined on these discussions, we are going to submit a report back to the federal government.”
