Hyderabad, Oct.5 (Hydnow): SHE teams in Telangana were the first of its kind in the country, it became a role model and many states have come and seen the way we work, said Swati Lakra, Additional Director-General of Police (Women Safety Wing) Telangana.
In the ‘GITAM Change Makers’ series, she has interacted with GITAM and faculty on October 5, where the event was moderated by Nidhi Razdan, Director – Strategic Programmes and Outreach, GITAM.
SHE Teams are intended to make the police more approachable for women and to address women’s problems with empathy and confidentiality, the cop told. ‘SHE’ Teams were launched in 2014 in the guidance of Hon’ble Chief Minister KCR, for a safe and secure environment for women with an aim to curb eve-teasing and harassment of women in public places, she said.
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‘Apart from booking petty cases, the offenders are also counselled, more particularly juveniles and young boys are professionally counselled along with their parents. The help of NGOs is also being taken to reform these minors.
After the counselling many are expressing their willingness to change their mindset and have repented for their behaviour towards women’ she explained.
Awareness is also created by the SHE teams in colleges, hostels, shopping malls and other hotspots and all citizens are encouraged to report any kind of harassment that they witness, Swati told. She explained many quarries raised by the students as well as parents.
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Prof. N.Siva Prasad, Pro Vice-Chancellor, GITAM, Hyderabad facilitated the top cop. (Hydnow)
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