An Action Plan has been furnished by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, which covers legal and schematic interventions to enhance safety of Women having the following components:

(i)  to strengthen implementation of legislations including those on prohibition of child marriage, indecent representation of women, protect women against domestic violence, POCSO, trafficking, and prevention and prohibition of sexual harassment.

(ii)  implement schematic interventions including those for women to prevent violence and improve status of girl child, involving community for safe neighbourhood, setting up One-Stop Centres in each district for counselling and providing first-aid to women victims of violence, setting up universal Helpline 181, increase working women hostels, strengthen child care institutions for rehabilitation of victims of violence, and strengthen grievance redressal.

(iii)  Convergence of various projects under implementation for women safety and rehabilitation under Nirbhaya scheme including, inter-alia, setting up Emergency Response Support system, Mahila Police Volunteers, Cyber-crime portal, strengthening forensic facilities, and other women safety projects for increasing public safety. Implementation of Action Plan is a continuous process.

 

Ministry of Home Affairs has set up a Division on Women’s Safety to give a focused attention to the safety of women in the country.

 

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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