The Madhya Pradesh Government is committed to safeguard women’s pride and security of the State women,” said Chief Secretary Antony DeSa at the seminar organized on ‘Crime against women and Media attention’ here on Monday.
The Chief Secretary told that from the birth to death, woman faces violence and discrimination at every level, but Madhya Pradesh government has tried to create atmosphere which encourages respect and security of woman.
Referring to woman and girl oriented different schemes, DeSa said that these schemes would not resolve the problems immediately, but they are projection of good intents of the government. He emphasized on the change in the attitude of society towards woman.
Director General of Police (DGP) Nandan Dube told that the police are sensitive towards security of women and harassment against them. He told that hopefully all the important and valuable suggestions to curb atrocities and harassment on women discussed in the seminar would be considered seriously.
The programme was chaired by Director General of Police Nanden Dube. In the inauguration session chief guest Padamshree Alok Mehta, Actor Annu Kapoor, author and poet Ashok Chakradhar and senior journalist Nalini Singh were present.
The dignitaries were presented mementos by Additional Director of Police (woman crime) Aruna Mohan Rao and Additional Director of Police (Planning) Pawan Jain.
‘Media trial and woman pride’ was discussed by Annu Kapoor, Vartika Nanda, NK Singh, Rajesh Badal and Shravan Garg. In the next session on
‘Controlling woman crime and responsibility of media’ was discussed by Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of Journalism Vice Chancellor BK Kuthiala, Kalpesh Yagnik and Alok Mehta.