DCW launches women security campaign

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday launched its campaign to provide legal aid and other help to women for their safety in the time of crisis.

‘Mahila Suraksha Jagrukta Abhiyan’ (Women’s security awareness campaign) was initiated by the DCW Chairperson Barkha Shukla Singh here.

As a part of this campaign, the DCW will provide legal training and also make the Mahila Panchayat Networks active in various parts of Delhi. First such camp was Monday organised by the Abhivyakti Foundation associated with DCW at Bhalaswa Diary’s Basti Vikas Kendra.

Singh along with legal counsellors particularly those associated with the DCWs’ Rape Crisis Cell will deliver the training to the panchayat workers in various Delhi districts. DCW will hold training camps and workshops for giving legal tips and other help to women in order to enable them safeguard themselves at the time of crisis, she said. “It is really shocking to note that the incidents of molestations and rapes are on rise in the national despite of the fact that we have been doing our best to ensure that such despicable incidents do not take place,” Singh said as she demanded that such Commissions at the national and state levels should have rights to penalise the culprits.