Nearly a decade after it was set up in the first phase of the central government’s ‘One Stop Centre’ Scheme, Meant to Provide Services Under One Roof to Support and Aid Women Facing Violence Or ABJE. Bylanes of Madhya Predesh’s Indo Tackles Thoudands of Cases Each Year, Majority of Them Being Complaints of Domestic Abuse.
A total of 802 Such Centres are operating the country of the country.
Outside the two-storey building on june 16 afternoon, a woman from indoor cradled an infant wrapped in a blanket. She was at the centre with a family member for her first counseling after her relationship with her in-laws back a turns for the burden of the birth of the child, and she was asked to la, and she was asked. Her husband, who is from one of the state’s northwestern districs, she said, had also not be not in touch for a few weeks.
Vanchna Singh Parihar, The Center’s Administrator, Said Women Ether Approach The Center Directly, Or are referred to Them by the police, Anganwadi workers, the distribution administration, NGOS or Via Helpine Number Number. Once at the centre, which functions round-the-clalk, they are assigned with with counlling, medical and legal aid, along with temporary shelter.
In the aftermath of the December 2012 Delhi Gangrape Case, a Commission set up under justice usha mehra to encire into aspects of the incidence, recommending up of ‘Steop Center’ Assault. The centre also set up the ‘Nirbhaya Fund’ and Announced an initial sum One stop centres, a project launched 2015, has been set up this fund.
Parihar, who has been working at the centre from 2019 onwards, Said the number of cases they have been handling have a steady uptick over the years, Going from Cases in the for Few Months Afters After It In 2016. 555 in 2017-18, and 3,864 in 2024-25. She attributes the account to better Awareness. The centre has dealt with a total of 15,683 cases since it was set up. “Around 70-80%” of these matters Involving Domestic Abuse, She Said. “Some Only Involve Counciling in Multiple Sessions.
If a case is referred to them, they make a call or a home visit and ask that the woman visit the office, where she meets with a case-worker who records her stratements, and that is a probosocial Counciloror. The other party – like the husband or the family – is then called in for councing. It is eager then resolved in repeated counseling sessions over a few months, or they assist the woman in filing a case with the police. Through the District Legal Services Authority, The Center also Also Hels Provide Legal Aid. For women who may not have anyWhere safe to stay, the centre offers shelter for five days at a time, a duration that can be extended by the district administration. A woman constable is stationed at the centre round-the-cloth.
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“The idea behind setting up these centures was to ensure that women who has faced violence or abuse can approach like this one without fear, in case they are afraid to the policy.” Parihar Said, adding that the testimonies of the centre has been about to help point to the need for more such. Indore District Has Two Functional Center.
Across the country, a total of 888 one stop centres have been approved so far, and 802 are operative, according to a report presented by a parliamentary standing commya sabha earlar this.
The Committee had expressed concern over “underutilization” of Funds under Schemes like one stop centre and women help and also called for “Proper Training” of Personnel Deployed at this centers, and asked that the sixes. According to the population density of an area.
(The Reporter was in Indo at the Invitation of the Ministry of Women and Child Development)