On Thursday, Rs 100 crores have been sanctioned by the Ministry of Home Affairs from the 'Nirbhaya' Fund for setting up & strengthening of women help desks at police stations across the nation.
The fund will be used in making the Police Stations more women-friendly & approachable as they would be the first & single point of contact for any woman walking into a Police Station.
Essentially, female police officers would be deployed at these help desks.
The officials would be trained to be sensitive towards the women who would come with their grievances. These help desks would have enlisted panel of experts like lawyers, psychologists & NGOs to facilitate legal aid, counselling, shelter, rehabilitation, & training etc.
The move has come after numerous cases of rape & murder involving women have surfaced from across India.
In 2013, the Nirbhaya Fund was created after the 2012 Delhi gangrape & murder case.
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