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New Delhi : A one-of-a-kind roundtable was held on June 6, 2018, with various stakeholders under the chairpersonship of  Minister for Women and Child Development (WCD) Maneka Sanjay Gandhi to discuss the issue of cyber crime against women and children particularly the elimination of online child sexual abuse material, rape imagery and other offensive materials.  The digital space is being increasingly used to perpetuate violence against women and children.

Various Government stakeholders, industry bodies, Internet Service Providers Association of India along with social media agencies participated in the discussions. The issue of data security was deliberated on by Data Security Council of India. Civil society was also represented.

It was decided at the roundtable that the following actions will be taken within the next 3 months: Building an international alliance to ensure full protection to women and children from the borderless nature of cyber crime, Development of an online Central Reporting Mechanism for lodging of complaints of cyber crime from anywhere anytime, and Making a mechanism for real time removal/blocking of offensive material online, according to a PIB release.

Altogether 193 One Stop Centres (OSCs), also known as Sakhi Centres, are functional across the country. While interacting with media here on WCD Ministry’s achievements,  the WCD Minister on June 6 said that 193 Sakhi Centres have been established in the country for the Women affected by violence.  The Minister added that the number of One Stop Centres would be increased to more than 600 by the next year.  Over 1.3 lakh women have been assisted so far.

The Minister also pointed out that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently created special division to address the issues of women safety.  The WCD Minister has written to all the Ministries to create similar division. The Minister said that MHA is creating National Repository of Sex Offenders.  The profile of sex offenders on this repository would be shared with the State/UTs.

Nirbhaya Fund: Highlighting the projects appraised under Nirbhaya Fund, the Minister thanked the Prime Minister for giving the utmost priority to women safety and security, and said that projects worth more than Rs 6,000 crore have been appraised under Nirbhaya Fund by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

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