A seminar on ‘Gender Sensitisation’ was held for the Railway Protection Force by Northern Railway at the Railway Officers Club recently. Krishna Chaudhari, DG, RPF, Suman Singh, secretary, Sakhi (NGO), Kuljeet Kaur, vice president, All India Women Conference and Harananda, IG-cum-CSC, RPF, NR were present on the occasion.
The seminar was attended by senior divisional security commissioners, assistant security commissioners and inspectors from all the zones of Indian Railways.The seminar highlighted various issues pertaining to gender sensitisation with special emphasis on the problem of trafficking of women and children through railways, especially from the border areas of Nepal and Bangladesh.
Other issues like problems faced by women at workplace, attitude issues and the role of security organisation in controlling and combating this menace were also discussed.
Krishna Chaudhari, DG/RPF presiding over the function stressed on the adoption of a humanly and respectful approach while dealing with the problems of women and children. He also proposed a road map for the force to control and combat this menace of woman and child trafficking.