Port Blair, Aug 27: The Women Helpline 181 under the Directorate of Social Welfare organized various Awareness Programme on “Women Helpline Scheme and WCD Control room and its aims” at different Anganwadi centres of South Andaman. Anganwadi Centre Phoenix Bay-I, Nayabasti Anganwadi Centre ,Panipat Anganwadi Centre and Buniyadabad Anganwadi Centre under the Directorate of Social Welfare.
Dr. Nitin Shakya, Director (SW), quoted that a man can speak up his mind and make his own decision in life whereas a woman has a limitation in her imagination as well. Women are not even allowed to imagine or aim higher in life because their role is only limited to cooking, cleaning & taking care of the family. In a world where a woman is dominated by society, it has become more vital to empower women. What exactly is women’s empowerment? When women are given authority to handle their personal, educational & professional lives, given equality in society, and the ability to raise their voice against violence, then they are truly empowered. We live in a country where gods that are worshipped are female idols but 1 out of 3 women have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once in a lifetime.
Women Helpline Administrator, Mr. Sushma Pandey, briefed about the Women and Child Development 24×7 Control room established at VIP Road, Junglighat, the toll free Number 181 for Women and for Children 1098.
Call Operator, Mr. Zeba Z, Mr. S. Krishna Veni, and Mr. Depali Biswas enlightened about Women Helpline 181 under Mission Shakti scheme intends to provide toll free 24×7 immediate and emergency response to women affected by violence through referral linking with appropriate authority such as police, one stop centre, and hospital and provide information about women related government schemes programs across the country through a single uniform number. Further, discussed different types of cases along with solutions received so far at WCD control room and how the people of our islands benefitted with the services and other schemes of Directorate of Social welfare and pamphlets were also distributed to the participants. The program was attended by lactating mothers, Asha worker, Anganwadi Worker and Helper and general public of Anganwadi Centre’s.
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