Women and Child Safety in Delhi - Solutions

Dear all:

Below are the key issues and root causes for lack of women and child safety in Delhi.

Kindly review them and share your inputs on Specific Solutions that can be implemented to improve safety of Women and Children in Delhi.

We will compile all of this in a 1-2 page whitepaper and share with Arvind Kejriwal and his Delhi leadership team for further actions.

We look forward to your inputs!

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Women and Child Safety in Delhi

Issues:
1. Eve teasing is very common
2. Many women face harassment at their work place
3. Domestic violence is common and goes unreported
4. Rapes happening in Delhi almost every month
5. Use of abusive language in public places is common
6. Many cases of child abduction have been happening in Delhi
7. Child molestation is another big issue
8. Child labour is still prevalent in many parts of Delhi

Root Causes:
1. Lack of dedicated teams to prevent these crimes
2. Footpaths and roads are not well illuminated at nights
3. Emergency phone services for women and children and not efficient
4. Law enforcement by the police is weak
5. Lack of surveillance in the city
6. Lack of GPS in public transport/cabs and taxis
7. Police at lower levels is not sensitized to women safety issues
8. Community doesn’t come together easily to help a victim to avoid personal complications
9. Punishment for women and child related crimes is not stringent enough
10. Little awareness about punishment for such crimes
11. Respect for women is not taught/practiced in lower strata of the society
12. Many rural workers stay in Delhi, away from their families who are in villages
13. Many victims of domestic violence believe they have no option more

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KRISHNAN SUBRAMANIAN (Consultant Supply Chain Management)

The Aap manifesto has already detailed most of the steps necessary to ensure Safety of Women and Children. Those very steps now need to be implemented. If we succeed in doing so, on an urgent basis, most of the issues will be under check and control. more

Feb 28

Rohit Dalmia (IT Professional, Delhi)

First, at least the Delhi Police need to take such an initiative. Monitoring team can be improved later on also. Like Railways, metro cities are hubs of small crime. more

Feb 27

Ram Yadav

Delhi Police should be asked to start lodging on line FIR which should monitored by the person of SP Level. Ram Yadav. more

Feb 25

Rohit Dalmia (IT Professional, Delhi)

Can Delhi Police start an Online System for lodging FIRs ? Delhi Police allows to file online police report of article and document lost (http://www.delhipolice.nic.in/register.html). Can Delhi Police have an online system to file FIR for other issues also ? All developed nations support this feature. It is very helpful because the complainant gets the time and peace of mind (no harassment faced because no police stations involved) while submitting the online complaint. Such online FIRs lodged can be further followed upon by a dedicated team of police professionals by calling the complainant or reaching at his/her address. This will actually stop the Bribe Problem in Police Stations. It will also save complainant from facing any harassment at the hands of Police while lodging FIR in Police Stations. Extra cost incurred would be, - Cost of implementing such an online system. - Having a dedicated team of Delhi Police Professionals to review Online FIRs and then Call/Meet & get more info from the complainant. - Having a Grievance Team for looking into complaints against this above said dedicated team (for reviewing online FIRs). In India, the biggest problem is that people do not report because, - Afraid of Police Stations. - Prestige in society and neighborhood. - No hope that something will change and others may benefit. I remember that speech of Modi Ji where he said that there should be a unique website for every police station, a website dedicated to the listing of martyrs so that their names are not lost in history. But what about those who are suffering today ? Will this step of giving an online portal to citizens for making Online FIRs, not solve the basic problem of corruption in Police ? Most of the developed nations provide online filing of FIRs for speedy action by Police. This also saves the effort cost of a Police representative noting down all the details from the complainant. Overall, this might also save some money/effort for the Delhi Police. Because the work for the Police Station officers who write the FIRs will be reduced considerably. This could increase Crime Reporting to a significant extent. With the increased use of internet, this option of online filing (and also mobile apps) of FIRs will go a long way. Metros will see maximum such online FIRs being reported. more

Feb 23

Prince Rajat Goyal (Student)

Most People of delhi is not having respect of law and order . They don't consider Police, Law & order at all. But the other phase is that sometimes we see that police violate the victim on the moral basis, due to which people loose faith in the constitution and feel helpless. Solutions: 1. People Friendly System should be developed. 2. Fast Track System should be required by which accused should be strongly punished. more

Feb 22

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