Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday extended the tenure of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Swati Maliwal and her team for the third term.
“DCW has been doing excellent work. Their term comes to an end. I approved another term for the present Commission,” Kejriwal said.
Taking it to twitter, Kejriwal tweeted, “Delhi Commission for Women has been doing excellent work. Their term comes to an end. I approved another term for the present Commission today. Best wishes to Swatiji and her team. Keep doing good work."
Responding to his tweet, DCW chairperson, Swati Maliwal said that it is because of CM Arvind Kejriwal's constant support that DCW has successfully managed to transform the lives of lakhs of women and girls in Delhi.
She also tweeted, "We thank Hon‘ble CM Arvind Kejriwal Ji for giving us this opportunity.
It is because of his constant support that DCW has successfully managed to transform the lives of lakhs of women and girls in Delhi. DCW team will continue serving the people of Delhi with utmost honesty."
She said, "The Delhi Commission for Women has handled lakhs of cases in the past 6 years since its reconstitution. We have revolutionised the functioning of the Commission and today the Commission is known for its good work across the country. We have successfully rescued thousands of girls from trafficking and prostitution rackets.
Our intervention has helped rehabilitate hundreds of rape survivors. We have strengthened the 181 helpline to an extent that no call goes unheard."
The DCW chief said, "I am grateful to our Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Ji for giving us this opportunity to serve the people of Delhi. It is because of his constant support that we have been able to achieve so much. We assure you that we will be taking the Commission to even greater heights in the next three years."
The first term of this newly constituted DCW started from 2015 to 2018, followed by 2018-2021.