Women’s commission to organise mahapanchayat in Delhi after Diwali
3 Oct 2014 5:22 AM IST
As a run up to the mahapanchayat, the commission is going to hold legal workshops with all its sub-units to create an awareness about the rights of the women.
DCW chairperson Barkha Singh said that the panchayat’s have become an effective tool to solve women-related problems in their respective areas. She further added that around 3,500 cases are reportedly brought up before these panchayats every month. Of these, about 2,500 cases are solved by the panchayats itself, which are represented by 20 local women.
Singh informed that the maximum matters put up before its panchayat relate to domestic violence or differences between in-laws. ‘Instead of dragging such cases to police stations and local courts, the panchayat members try to solve the matter on the spot’, she said.
The DCW reportedly pays about Rs 72,000 every six months to each panchayat . Singh said the commission had increased the number of panchayats from 40 to 90 in the last few years, ‘but there was an urgent need to increase their numbers to solve the pressing issues concerning women’s security in the city.’
Besides helping the women in distress through local panchayats, the commission also operates a helpline, which receives at least 40 to 50 calls every day. A large number of calls received by the city administration’s 181 help line are also referred to the commission.
DCW chairperson Barkha Singh said that the panchayat’s have become an effective tool to solve women-related problems in their respective areas. She further added that around 3,500 cases are reportedly brought up before these panchayats every month. Of these, about 2,500 cases are solved by the panchayats itself, which are represented by 20 local women.
Singh informed that the maximum matters put up before its panchayat relate to domestic violence or differences between in-laws. ‘Instead of dragging such cases to police stations and local courts, the panchayat members try to solve the matter on the spot’, she said.
The DCW reportedly pays about Rs 72,000 every six months to each panchayat . Singh said the commission had increased the number of panchayats from 40 to 90 in the last few years, ‘but there was an urgent need to increase their numbers to solve the pressing issues concerning women’s security in the city.’
Besides helping the women in distress through local panchayats, the commission also operates a helpline, which receives at least 40 to 50 calls every day. A large number of calls received by the city administration’s 181 help line are also referred to the commission.
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