Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address on the occasion of Independence Day in the year 2014, appealed to the parents regarding the safety of women, that the way you stop your daughters from moving anywhere, in the same way Have you ever tried this for sons? If every parent decides that all the restrictions we have put on daughters, sometime try putting them on sons too, then it is right, if you ask him sometime, then it is right. Law will do its work, but parents should also understand their responsibility.
According to the intention of Prime Minister and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, for the prevention of crimes against women, under the guidance of Director General of Police Sudhir Kumar Saxena and Additional Director General of Police (Women's Security) Pragya Richa Srivastava, to make boys / men aware " "Abhimanyu" awareness campaign is being conducted. The main objective of the campaign is to try to sensitize boys/men towards women by giving them knowledge of gender equality and rituals. In the first phase from June 12 to 18 , 2023 A special awareness campaign is being conducted in all the districts of the state, under which selfie points of the campaign's mascot 'Abhimanyu', prepared by the Women's Security Branch, police headquarters, have been installed at prominent places in the districts. Publicity of women helpline numbers is also being done.
During the campaign, by putting cutouts and flakes of mascot 'Abhimanyu', general public is being administered an oath to remove gender discrimination and provide equal opportunities to women according to their merit.
The mascot of this campaign is an educated and cultured youth of 16 to 25 years who wants to break the cycle of social evils such as illiteracy, drug addiction, obscenity, dowry, female foeticide, insensitivity, conservatism and prejudice and promote women in the society on the basis of education and gender equality. provides coexistence.
The name Abhimanyu is because Abhimanyu got the knowledge of breaking the Chakravyuh from his parents while living in his mother's womb. Abhimanyu of the present time knows that evils like drug addiction, dowry practice, feticide, domestic violence, obscenity spread on social media are against the respect and security of women in the society.
He also knows that educated and cultured men and women are the sign of a healthy, safe environment and progress of any society. This campaign is an attempt to provide direction to the youth on their role in building a better society.