To commemorate the Women’s Equality Day 2021 Central District Legal Services Authority (Statutory body under the aegis of Delhi State Legal Services Authority and National Legal Services Authority)
organized Training Workshop on “Law against Sexual Harassment” for the Delhi Police Officials on 24.08.2021.
It was a joint initiative of Central District Legal Services Authority, Delhi Police and WICCI wherein 300 police officials, of all ranks, from Central District, North District and Central Prison No. 6 participated.
To ensure maximum sensitization while adhering to COVID-19 social distancing norms, training was conducted through digital platform, Cisco WebEx.
Ms. Neeti Suri Mishra, Ld. Secretary of Central DLSA in opening ceremony quoted Sh. Swami Vivekananda’s words, “There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is
improved, it is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing” and apprised everyone about Central DLSA’s initiatives to improve women’s safety, including holding awareness raising sessions on the
prevention of sexual harassment.
The Ld. Additional Secretary of DSLSA, Ms. Namrita Aggarwal, in her special address highlighted the importance of awareness-building and sensitization of Laws against Sexual Harassment. She also informed about 1516 helpline service and enlightened about DSLSA’s initiatives to combat gender-based violence. The Resource Person, Ms. Anju Kapur, Advocate and National President of Anti-Sexual Harassment Council, WICCI, gave an exhaustive training session on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
The workshop entailed detailed discussion about the role and responsibilities of police personnel at all stages of investigation with the help of case studies. Ms. Bhawna Gandhi, Legal Researcher of Central DLSA and National Member of Anti-Sexual Harassment Council, WICCI delivered a Vote of Thanks at the end to Ld. Addl. Secretary, DSLSA- Ms. Namrita Aggarwal, DCP Central Delhi - Sh. Jasmeet Singh, DCP North Delhi - Sh. Anto Alphonso, Superintendent, Tihar- Smt. Nirja and all SHOs for making training programme a huge success.
Sexual harassment is an everyday occurrence for women which impedes women’s equal access to equitable treatment and opportunities in employment. In order to enable victims of sexual harassment to provide the clearest, most complete information about the crime, efforts must be made to ensure that all victims are treated professionally and with dignity by the Police Officials. Hence, such workshops shall be organized on regular basis to sensitize Police Officials.
Central District Legal Services Authority is tirelessly working to sensitize people towards building an inclusive, just and equal world wherein all genders can prosper and live a dignified life.
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