The doors of ‘Sakhi’- One Stop Center for Women are now open for all those in distress at Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (RINPAS) in Capital City. The centre is meant to help those who need immediate medical attention, legal consultation, instant counseling for psychotherapy. This is the second One Stop Center for supporting women in distress and addressing their need in India.
The center was inaugurated on Wednesday in the presence of Social Welfare Minister louise Marandi, Health Minister, Ramchandra Chandravanshi and Social Welfare Principal Secretary, MS Bhatia and other dignitaries. All basic mandatory assistance that includes emergency help, preliminary medical aid, FIR registration, counseling by expert panels, legal help and proper arrangement for stay for a short duration (5 days) has been ensured at the center. For curbing gender based violence and assisting females in time of distress the centre will appoint resource personnel for different posts soon.
The sufferers of physical and sexual abuse have to no longer move to different departments to register their case now. Cases of trafficking, witchcraft, domestic violence, acid attacks are frequently registered from the State. One Stop Centre for Women will give respite to victims by addressing all their technical and documentation issues as well. Any person in time of need can dial 0651-2451911for instantaneous help.
The center initiated with the collaborate effort of Department of Women, Child Development and Social Welfare, Home Prisons and Disaster management, Information and Public Relation Department, Jharkhand State legal Services Authority (JHAlSA) including Department of Health and Family Welfare will provide service to victims round the clock on all days under one roof.
“The department has signed an MoU with RINPAS. All arrangements have been done to assist women in the time of distress. Recruitment will be complete at earliest for other posts as well. Appointment of three caseworkers at the center has been done. If all goes well, One Stop Centre for Women will be established at Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Dumka and other districts soon,” said, Minister, Department of Women and Child development, louise Marandi.
The Department of Women, Child development and Social Welfare is bearing the operational cost of the centre, besides salary of the staff and other remunerations. The well-furnished centre has three rooms with two beds and separate units for each department for delivering its services. ASIs, nursing and staff rooms, counseling sessions, legal advisory unit for staffs has been set up.
Sakhi- a friend, meant for providing immediate help to the victims of violence, is an initiative of the Union ministry of women and child development, Government of India. A full-fledged technical section, set up inside the building will register the cases under the professional’s supervision and under 30 categorized offences as per the list and according to the data feed up in the software ‘Priya Jyoti’ meant for maintaining, recording case history of a victim. Cases of juveniles will be addressed as per the norms of Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act.