Sunday, October 11, 1998
From Tripti Nath
Tribune News Service
NEW DELHI, Oct.10 — The National Commission for Women will conduct a gender sensitisation programme for senior officers of the Delhi Police in mid-November.
The programme is inspired by the success of a similar week-long workshop conducted by the Commission in Bihar in August-end.
Ms Leena Mehendale, Joint Secretary in the NCW told The Tribune News Service that the commission has asked the Delhi Police to shortlist senior officers to attend the workshop.
She said that although theoretically, gender sensitisation entails sensitisation of both men and women, the workshop would focus on sensitising male police officers towards women victims.
She said that the Member Secretary of the commission, Mrs Binoo Sen and other members would address the senior police officers during the programme.
Commenting on the conduct of an average Indian policeman, Ms Mehendale said that policemen are very rude to women while writing their First Information Report (FIR) or listening to their complaints.
Ms Mehendale said that the police needs to change its attitude towards women. Citing an instance, she said that two constables of the Nagpur Police convicted for raping a woman complainant in the police station took the hackneyed and convenient plea that the woman was of a loose character.
Mr Sewa Dass, Additional Commissioner of Police, (Crime Against Women) said that the programme would benefit more than 60 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), about 150 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) and a few inspectors. He said that the week-long workshop would also be open to Station House Officers (SHOs). Each unit of the Delhi Police would be asked to depute one or two officers to attend the workshop.
Ms Kiran Bedi, Joint Commissioner, Police (Training) who was entrusted charge of the Police Training College, Jharoda Kalan in June-end said, “Anything which makes police people sensitive and makes a particular social issue better understood would improve performance. Such issues fall in the realm of social policing”.
“Ms Bedi said that courses on gender sensitisation are equally necessary for women”.
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