Successful women occupying posts at senior levels are role models for other women in society and are contributing their bit directly or indirently to women empowerment. The Governor Baby Rani Maurya said this after inaugurating a workshop at Raj Bhawan on women safety and empowerment here on Wednesday. Various IAS, IFS, IPS, PCS and State services’ women officers expressed their views on safety of women in the work place and the empowerment of women during the workshop.
Maurya said that the role of education is of utmost importance for empowerment of women. Attention should also be given to improving the health of women. All information pertaining to women and child development schemes should reach every woman in remote areas too. Special focus should be laid on the safety of girls in educational institutions so that they are not discouraged in their academic pursuits. Workshop should also be held in schools on the subject of women safety and rights. Further, awareness camps related to women safety and empowerment should be held in all places. Maurya further said that a public movement should be undertaken to end female foeticide. Officers concerned should undertaken regular reviews to ascertain whether or not the women welfare schemes are being executed as intended on the ground. In addition to this, the empowered women must also come forward to provide help to other women.
The additional chief secretary Radha Raturi said that women in the state are making important contributions in every sphere. The safety of women in work places is also being ensured. She stressed on the need for all to work together in order to bring about a positive change in the way in which society views women. The Governor’s secretary Ramesh Kumar Sudhanshu said that across the world the nations which are categorised as developed countries are where the women are empowered. All will have to work together to facilitate the empowerment of women, he said.
DIG Riddhim Agrawal said that from the view point of law and order, the situation is Uttarakhand is among the best across India. The gender crimes in Uttarakhand are about 0.05 per cent and the State is ranked seventh in India when it comes to disposal of gender crimes. The State is ranked 21st in the nation when it comes to cases of harassment of women.
The presence of women in the police force in Uttarakhand has increased from five per cent to about 11 per cent which is highest among north Indian States, she added. The Governor’s legal adviser Kahkashan Khan suggested that the police should start a dedicated online FIR system for cases of sexual crimes.
Principal chief conservator of forests Ranjana Kala, women and child development department director Jharna Kamthan, Pallavi Gupta from the industry department and others also expressed their views on the occasion.