Rachakonda: Additional DGP Women Safety Wing, Mrs. Shikha Goel, IPS., in the presence of Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda Mr. D. S. Chauhan, IPS inaugurated the Centre for Development and Empowerment of Women (CDEW) / Family Counselling Centre LB Nagar and launched an outreach van for Awareness Campaigns. Simultaneously 4 CDEWs were inaugurated across the Commissionerate- Uppal by Joint CP Rachakonda Mr. V. Satyanarayana IPS., Kushaiguda by DCP (Admin) Mrs. P. Indira, Meerpet by DCP LB Nagar Mrs. B. Sai Sri and Pahadisharief by DCP Cyber Crimes Mrs. B. Anuradha IPS., and DCP Maheshwaram Mr. Ch. Srinivas.
Speaking on the occasion Mrs. Shikha Goel IPS., stated that under the Safe City Project, for the convenience of women, 26 CDEWs will be opened in the Tri-Commissionerates and in the future every major sub-division will have a CDEW Centre. With inauguration of the 5 CDEWs in Rachakonda, 15 CDEWs are functional and by middle of next month all 26 CDEWs will be functional. Hitherto counselling was done at local Police Station/ Bharosa centre but counselling is a very professional subject and to get professional help it was decided that counselors should be appointed, further to bring policing to doorsteps it was decided that centres should be close. Thereby, women need not go to the local Police Station/Bharosa Centre far away, they should be able to come somewhere close to their house, Hence, it was decided to start CDEWs in the tri- commissionerates. She further stated that Domestic Violence is one of the most under reported crimes not only in India but across the world. Intimate partner Violence is not reported as there is stigma attached and women continue to suffer. With CDEWS in Marital cases, attempt will be made to bring families together and women can seek help under professional guidance. Where there is too much violence or parties cannot be reconciled, cases will be registered and necessary action will initiated as per law. All CDEWs operate in a similar manner with standard forms, SOPs, protocols, under the monitoring of Project Management Unit of WSW of Telangana.
CP Rachakonda Mr. D.S.Chauhan, IPS., stated that CDEW is a Part of the Safe City Project. A meeting was held with the ADGP Women Safety and Commissioners of Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Rachakonda. It was decided then that the centres should be made functional at the earliest to ensure women empowerment, women protection, women safety, protection from domestic violence/external violence or any type of harassment. Hence, 5 CDEWs were being launched in Commissionerate simultaneously and soon 2 more will launched. He further stated that awareness programs and a short film on Cyber stalking are underway to curtain both on-road or online eve-teasing /harassment. The audio-video van will be used to generate awareness on CDEWS, SHE Teams, Women Safety, online harassment. He reiterated Rachakonda Commissionerate’s commitment to ensuring safety of girls and women both online and on-road.
DCP Road Safety i/c Women Safety Ms. Sreebala B, ACP LB Nagar Mr. Sreedhar Reddy, ACP SHE Teams Mr. Venkat Reddy, SHO LB Nagar Mr. Anji Reddy, Inspector Women Police Station Saroor Nagar Mrs. Manjula, and Staff participated in the program.
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Bharat Reddy
Telangana
