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The National Commission for Women has plans for launching special cells which will put a check on the increasing number of violence cases against women in the capital city of India, New Delhi.
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Delhi Police have been roped in by the NCW for the project, which they plan to launch by the end of 2009. The project will be administered and sponsored by the Tata Institute and funded entirely by the NCW.
"The cell will provide services in policy assistance on criminal complaints, placements, referral to family service agencies, counselling, legal aid and generating awareness on violence against women," NCW chairperson Girija Viyas told reporters in New Delhi on Monday.
According to Vyas, NCW came up the idea of launching these special cells after the NCW's pilot project "Save the Home - Save the Family" became a huge success.
"The project has been a great success and in a year we received 12,895 complaints of domestic violence. Of these, action was taken in 7,509 and 1,077 complaints have been sorted out," she said.
Vyas added that police personnel will be trained and sensitized by the NCW so that they have the potential to deal with any form of violence against women.
