To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by any kind of violence, the Central Government has approved setting up of six more “One Stop Centres” in Haryana.
These would be opened in each of the districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Hisar, Bhiwani, Narnual and Rewari in Haryana in second phase of the programme.
At present, a “One Stop Center” is functional in the premises of Mahila Ashram in Karnal. Upto May 2016, as many as 153 cases are received at the Karnal “One Stop Centre”. These included 60 cases of domestic violence,21 cases missing, kidnapping and abduction, five cases of trafficking , three cases of rape, one case of child abuse, 35 cases of child related and 26 cases of any other crime.
A meeting was presided over by Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on Tuesday to review the functioning of “One Stop Centre”.
The centre provides specialized services to aggrieved women facing any kind of violence due to attempted sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, trafficking, honour related crimes, acid attacks or witch hunting irrespective of their age, class, caste, educational status, marital status, race and culture.
Additional Chief Secretary, Women and Child Development, Shashi Gulati informed that Central government has approved a scheme for universalisation of women helpline which is 100 per cent centrally sponsored. Its short code is 181 throughout Haryana.
She said that this helpline is exclusively designed to support women in distress facing violence or threat of violence, both in private and public spaces including in the family, community and workplace.