In news– The National Commission for Women (NCW) launched the fourth phase of Digital Shakti Campaign recently.
What is it?
- In line with its commitment to create safe spaces for women and girls online, Digital Shakti 4.0 is focused on making women digitally skilled and aware to stand up against any illegal/inappropriate activity online.
- NCW launched it in collaboration with CyberPeace Foundation and Meta.
- Digital Shakti started in June 2018 to help women across the nation to raise the awareness level on the digital front, to build resilience, and fight cyber-crime in the most effective ways.
- Through this project, over 3 Lakh women across India have been made aware of cyber safety tips and tricks, reporting & redressal mechanisms, data privacy and usage of technology for their benefits.
- The third phase of the program was started in March 2021.
- In the third phase, a Resource Center was also developed under the project to provide information on all the avenues of reporting in case a woman faces any cyber crime.
The National Commission for Women (NCW)-
- The National Commission for Women was set up(Mrs. Jayanti Patnaik as the Chairperson) as statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 to:
- Review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women.
- Recommend remedial legislative measure.
- Facilitate redressal of grievances and
- Advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.
- Ms. Rekha Sharma is the current chairperson of NCW.
Source: PIB
