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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Gender law lessons for lady cops -Ananya Sengupta

Gender law lessons for lady cops -Ananya Sengupta

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published Published on Oct 22, 2015   modified Modified on Oct 22, 2015
-The Telegraph

New Delhi: For many women in uniform, it will be back to "classes" from police stations.

Around 2,000 lady police officers across the country will be given policing lessons with special emphasis on gender laws in a first-of-its-kind training programme designed by the National Commission for Women (NCW) and the Union home ministry.

"Most policewomen, who are among the first approached in cases of violence against women, don't know the laws they have to deal with. We will train them in such laws so that they can do their jobs better," said NCW chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam.

While the panel has designed a manual to sharpen legal awareness, a module prepared by the Bureau of Police Research and Development - a ministry wing - will also be used in the training. The first of the sessions, for 30 officers, is planned on November 23.

The ministry bureau has written to the police chiefs of all states to nominate women officers, from the ranks of assistant sub-inspector to deputy superintendents, for the training. "The idea is to train those officers who would investigate cases of crimes against women, so they know how to conduct an inquiry in line with the procedures and are aware of the requirements under the law while dealing with such crimes," said a senior NCW official.

"Since the amendments to CrPc (brought about in the wake of the December 2012 gang rape in Delhi), all investigations into crimes against women have to be conducted by women officers. Therefore, it becomes imperative that they know the laws well," she added.

Activists, however, said such programmes would make a difference only if the men in the force were trained too. "Women make up only 6.11 per cent of India's 2.3-million police force and they themselves face a lot of discrimination. How much independence do they have while investigating a case when they have to answer to senior officers, who are mostly men?" asked Manasi Mishra, an Uttar Pradesh-based social worker who works for the rehabilitation of women victims of violence.

While India's percentage of women police personnel is the best in the neighbourhood - compared with 0.9 per cent in Pakistan and 4.6 per cent in Bangladesh - it is way behind the US's 12 per cent.

Also, 80 per cent of Indian policewomen are constables - the lowest in the hierarchy - 7.8 per cent head constables and 3.35 per cent assistant sub-inspectors. Only 0.02 per cent hold top police ranks such as director-general and additional director-general.

NCW officials, however, stressed a "bottoms-up approach", implying the training of such officers who are the first point of contact for victims would have far-reaching effects in ensuring such cases are dealt with properly in the initial stages and distressed women come forward to report crimes.

The NCW is bearing the cost of the programme and hiring experts from various fields to deliver lectures on specific topics to the women officers. To start with, five such sessions, of three days each, have been planned. The course is divided into five modules - crimes against women, FIRs, crime-scene investigations, collection and preservation of digital evidence and scientific interrogation techniques.

The Telegraph, 21 October, 2015, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151022/jsp/nation/story_49212.jsp#.VihUESs1t_k


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