Education and women empowerment are the solutions for gender violence,” said IG Bhopal Jaideep Prasad.
He was addressing the concluding day of a three day workshop on Effective Communication Strategies to counter and prevent gender violence. The three day workshop concluded here on Tuesday at WelcomHeritage Noor-Us-Sabah Hotel.
Global India Fund along with Samhita Social Ventures, Girl Rising in partnership with US Embassy, New Delhi, organized the workshop on Effective Communication Strategies to Counter Gender-Based Violence.
Addressing the workshop, Prasad said, “Police are considered as the last resort, whenever any crime against women happens. Whether it is domestic violence or female infanticide, people hesitate to come to police. But this should not be the case. Women should speak up and come up with their problems without any hesitation,” he added. Elaborating further, he talked about various steps being taken by police department, among the recent one was ‘Walk a Cause’. He also said that through various workshops, the police department has reached a number of school and college going girls. Wrapping up his speech, Prasad said, “Such workshops really help the society and I would like to suggest that Police department should be an integral part of such workshops.”
Amita N Vyas, Founder Global India Fund, and Associate Professor George Washington University informed that India currently ranks 125 out of 142 countries on the Gender Inequality Index. It is for this reason that Global India Fund has organised a series of three-day workshop in Tier II cities and concludes its third workshop in Bhopal. These workshops provides a platform for the cross pollination of thoughts and a valuable opportunity to help build organisational and individual capacity to communicate against gender-based violence in the city.
Karen A McDonnell, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University, shared the global statistics of violence against women. Nitasha Chaudhary, Research Scientist George Washington University highlighted about the causes of violence against women and Jaya luintel, President and CEO of The Story Kitchen Nepal talked about the role of media in covering such serious issues. Representatives of various NGOs from across the country were present on the occasion.