Crime against Women measures needed to curb-regarding

The Government of India have been advising the State Governments from time to time regarding the steps that need to be taken to afford a greater measure of protection to the women and in particular to prevent incidence of crimes against them. These advisories, inter-alia, include gender sensitization of the police personnel, adopting appropriate measures for swift and salutary punishment to public servants found guilty of custodial violence against women, minimizing delays in investigations of murder, rape and torture of women and improving its quality, setting up a ‘crime against women cell’ in districts where they do not exist, providing adequate counseling centers and shelter homes for women who have been victimized, setting up of special women courts, and improving effectiveness of schemes developed for the welfare and rehabilitation of women who are victimized with greater emphasis on income generation to make the women more independent and self- reliant.

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The Government of India is deeply concerned with this trend and ground situation and would therefore reemphasize that urgent action should be taken on the following:-

• Crime prone areas should be identified and a mechanism be put in place to monitor infractions in schools/colleges for ensuring safety and security of female students. Women police officers in adequate number fully equipped with policing infrastructure may be posted in such areas.
• There should be no delay whatsoever in registration of FIR in all cases of crime against women.
• All out efforts should be made to apprehend all the accused named in the FIR immediately so as to generate confidence in the victims and their family members.
• Cases should be thoroughly investigated and charge sheets against the accused persons should be filed within three months from the date of occurrence, without compromising on the quality of investigation. The medical examination of rape victims should be conducted without delay.
• Help-line numbers of the crime against women cells should be exhibited prominently in hospitals/schools/colleges premises, and in other suitable places.
• Women police cells in the police stations and exclusive women police stations should be set up as needed.
• Police officials charged with the responsibility of protecting women should be sensitized adequately.
• Police personnel should be trained adequately in special laws dealing with atrocities against women. Enforcement aspect should be emphasized adequately so as to streamline it.
• Women police officials in the State Police Force should be recruited widely.
• Close coordination between the police and the NGOs dealing with the interests of women may be ensured.
• The local police should arrange for patrolling in the affected areas and more especially in the locality of the weaker sections of the society. Periodic visits by DM & SP will create a sense of safety and security among these sections of the people.
• Through counseling through professional counselors is required for victims as well as her family to overcome the trauma of the crime.
• The effectiveness of schemes developed for welfare and rehabilitation of women who have been victimized should be improved.