The government is not in a position to publish the full report submitted by former judge of Kerala High Court K. Hema, who had been engaged to look into workplace issues and sexual exploitation in Malayalam film industry, Cultural Affairs Minister Saji Cherian has said.
He was replying to a submission in the Assembly on Thursday by K.K. Rema, who said that for a government which claimed to be gender-sensitive, it was doing a great disservice to the cause of women by continuing to keep under its wraps an inquiry report submitted by Justice Hema Commission.
It was common knowledge that women in cinema, to whom Ms. Hema had spoken, had made many startling revelations on the inside workings of an industry, which seemed to exploit women in many ways, Ms. Rema said.
