The Delhi Police celebrated ‘International Women’s Day’ with its women police personnel taking lead in all areas of field policing, inter-alia, managing of major traffic intersections, pickets, driving Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles, attending to helpdesks at police stations and working as duty officers. To mark Women’s Day, a function was also organized on the occasion at police headquarters with Delhi Police Commissioner, S N Shrivastava as Chief Guest.
Various other programs including gender sensitization, meeting with residents, installing sanitary pad dispensing machines in women washrooms, visiting women among senior citizens, Nukkad Nataks on ‘Good Touch-Bad Touch’ and display of Jansampark Vahans at Garden of five Senses were organised by the police in the run-up to the Women’s Day.
The CP also honored 22 women police personnel for their efforts beyond the call of duties during COVID-19 pandemic and 15 civilian women from various fields including medical services, social services, entrepreneurs, trainers and good Samaritans, who have made significant contribution to the society were also honored.
Nine women who had delivered babies in PCR vans on their way to hospitals were special invitees with their kids to witness the women’s day function held at Police Headquarters.
Two policewomen who had helped pregnant women with childbirth were also felicitated.
Speaking on the occasion, the CP congratulated the women personnel and good Samaritans who helped people in distress especially during the Pandemic period.
Shrivastava said that police wanted to make a statement on this Women’s Day in two ways. “One, by letting our women force take command roles and manage priority policing today. Secondly, by felicitating women police officers who have done exceptional work in their fields and much beyond,” said the CP.
“On Women’s Day, major traffic junctions, PCR vehicles and police station functioning were commanded by women. Our idea is to profoundly state that with self belief women can and are doing marvelous works, shoulder to shoulder with men, breaking gender stereotypes.”, he said.
Reiterating Delhi Police’s Zero Tolerance approach towards crime against women, the CP said that although a lot of progress has been made in achieving gender equality, discrimination is still there in some areas of society which would also change with time.
The CP enlisted the women safety measures taken up by Delhi Police including Sashakti- self-defence programme, tech apps like Himmat Plus, safe city project with 10,000 cameras and assured that Delhi Police is continuously striving to secure and serve women better.