Hema Committee

Hema Committee was an advisory committee formed by the Government of Kerala in July 2017, to investigate the issues related to sexual violence and gender inequality, in the Malayalam cinema industry and to submit solutions to them. The three-member committee was chaired by former Kerala High Court judge Justice Hema. Film actress & politician Sarada and former IAS officer KB Vatsalakumari, were the other members of the committee. The committee was formed when the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), an organization formed after a young actress, who was assaulted in 2017 in Kochi, complained to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.