Minister of State for Home Tusharkanti Behera on Monday inaugurated a Sampark Help Desk and 16 Child Friendly police stations in hybrid mode from the office of Crime against Women and Children Wing (CAWACW) of the Crime Branch.
Terming the initiative as truly transformative Minister Behera said the step was in tune with the 5T charter of the State Government.
Lauding the initiative, DGP Sunil K Bansal said the step would help empower the victims of gender violence who would now have access to professional psychosocial support with their confidentiality intact.
CAW and CW ADG Rekha Lohani said Sampark Help Desk has been initiated with technical collaboration of UNICEF.
Lohani said the objective of such an initiative is to address the issues of gender violence by providing psychosocial support to the victim of sexual violence who face tremendous trauma post the incident, connecting the victim to various support agencies in the district like DCPU, DSWO, CWC, Childline, One Stop Centers and district mental health professionals
She further said that child friendly police stations in the State have been developed with a view to provide child friendly atmosphere. The 16 police stations inaugurated today have their interiors pointed to attract the children and ore equipped with soft toys, library having animated story books, swings for children, washrooms, separate breast feeding corner for lactating mothers, recreation means like TV.
.Besides, child friendly spaces in PSs would help provide the children o corner where they could ventilate their grievance or statements without any fear or apprehension in a friendly environment.