Home Ministry sanctions Rs 100 cr.for setting up Women Help Desks at Police Stations

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New Delhi  : Union Home Ministry has sanctioned Rs 100 crore from Nirbhaya Fund for setting up/strengthening of Women Help Desks at Police Stations across the country. This scheme would be implemented by the States and Union Territories.

Women Help Desks would focus on making the Police Stations more women friendly and approachable, as they would be the first and single point of contact for any woman walking into a police station. Essentially, lady police officers would be deployed at these help desks.

The officials of Women Help Desk would be trained to be sensitive towards women. These help desks would have enlisted panel of experts like lawyers, psychologists, and NGOs to facilitate legal aid, counselling, shelter, rehabilitation and training etc, according to a PIB release.