Tejaswini initiative

In news- The Tejaswini initiative, launched to curb crimes against women in Delhi, has yielded very good results according to police officials.

About the initiative-

This initiative was named as “TEJASWINI: Women Centric Safety & Empowerment Initiative’ of North-West District”.
It was launched on July 10, 2021.
46 Women Beat Constables were deployed in the crime-infested and sensitive beat areas of various police stations.
It aimed to reach out to women belonging to all strata of society and female senior citizens and also to safeguard the rights and dignity of women and children in North-West District.
It arrived to create such a conducive atmosphere where the women feel at home while interacting with these women constables & share their issues and concerns.
A number of meetings, interactions and open house sessions with women and women constables were held after three months on implementing the initiative, to monitor ground realities.
The pivotal purpose of this exercise or project is to sensitize the women and girls of all age groups and their guardians/ parents about the trends of various crimes against women such as molestation, rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, harassment for dowry demand etc…
It aimed to empower them to tackle the adverse and unwanted situations by themselves and make them aware how to obtain legal help also.
At least 243 senior citizens and women were helped while 13 self-defence camps were organised for school and college girls.
The percentage of street PCR calls declined by 23 percent while there was a 31 percent decrease in women-related PCR calls.