The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday launched its campaign to provide legal aid to women at the time of crisis. ‘Mahila Suraksha Jagrukta Abhiyan’ (Women’s Security Awareness Campaign) was initiated by the DCW Chairperson Barkha Shukla Singh here.
As a part of this campaign, the DCW will provide legal training and also make the Mahila Panchayat Networks active in various parts of Delhi. A camp was organised by the Abhivyakti Foundation associated with the DCW at Bhalaswa Diary’s Basti Vikas Kendra. Ms. Singh along with legal counsellors will deliver training to panchayat workers in various Delhi districts.
The DCW will hold training camps and workshops on legal tips to women in order to enable them to safeguard themselves at the time of crisis, she said. “It is really shocking to note that incidents of molestations and rapes are on rise in the Capital despite the fact that we have been doing our best to ensure that such despicable incidents do not take place,” Ms. Singh. She demanded that such Commissions at the national and State levels should have the right to penalise the culprits.
“There is an urgent need for women commissions to be armed with enough IPC powers to penalise the culprits who are involved in crimes against women,” said Ms. Singh.
Further she also supported the demand of the Delhi Police Commissioner to provide self-defence training to girl students till Class X.
Ms. Singh also expressed concern over the declining girl sex ratio and the many illegal ultrasound clinics operating in various parts of Delhi, particularly in posh localities.
She urged the Union Health Ministry and the Delhi Lt.-Governor to take a serious view of this issue and conduct mass-scale surprise checks on such clinics. —PTI
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/dcw-launches-womens-security-campaign/article6737097.ece
As a part of this campaign, the DCW will provide legal training and also make the Mahila Panchayat Networks active in various parts of Delhi. A camp was organised by the Abhivyakti Foundation associated with the DCW at Bhalaswa Diary’s Basti Vikas Kendra. Ms. Singh along with legal counsellors will deliver training to panchayat workers in various Delhi districts.
The DCW will hold training camps and workshops on legal tips to women in order to enable them to safeguard themselves at the time of crisis, she said. “It is really shocking to note that incidents of molestations and rapes are on rise in the Capital despite the fact that we have been doing our best to ensure that such despicable incidents do not take place,” Ms. Singh. She demanded that such Commissions at the national and State levels should have the right to penalise the culprits.
“There is an urgent need for women commissions to be armed with enough IPC powers to penalise the culprits who are involved in crimes against women,” said Ms. Singh.
Further she also supported the demand of the Delhi Police Commissioner to provide self-defence training to girl students till Class X.
Ms. Singh also expressed concern over the declining girl sex ratio and the many illegal ultrasound clinics operating in various parts of Delhi, particularly in posh localities.
She urged the Union Health Ministry and the Delhi Lt.-Governor to take a serious view of this issue and conduct mass-scale surprise checks on such clinics. —PTI
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/dcw-launches-womens-security-campaign/article6737097.ece
