हिंदी
BARAMULLA, OCTOBER 21
A team of officers headed by Senior Consultant Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India, Dr. Japuka Madhavi, visited Baramulla and discussed measures for the establishment of One-Stop Center (Sakhi). It is to mentioned that OSC is an huge step of the WCD Ministry to help the women didturbed by violence in private and public spaces, within the family, community or at the workplace. On the occasion, a detailed discussion on this subject was done during which the Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr G N Itoo told that several measures have been taken by the district administration including identification of land for construction of building, timely recruitment of necessary manpower among other vital matters. The DC informed that a temporary centre was addressed by the authorities where services provided to women in a smooth manner. The Sr. Consultant stressed the importance of setting such a centre and said that the facility is created to provide integrated services to the women like medical, legal, psychosocial support and temporary shelter under one roof besides victims of domestic violence and other forms of crimes can also take shelter. All stakeholders were told to coordinate for the successful working of the centre, Dr. Madhavi assured every kind of possible assistance for making the centre more effective, robust and vibrant. She said that women empowerment has been a priority of the present government and listed various centrally sponsored schemes and programme in this regard. Programme Officer ICDS, District Child Protection officer and various concerned officers were present during the meeting.
