NAV CHETNA
Capacity-building of Police Personnel through Gender Sensitization Workshops / Trainings Mahila Samman Prakoshth has held over 10 gender sensitization trainings and workshops under NAV CHETNA (New Consciousness) where key police personnel from constables to their senior officers are trained in small groups regarding laws related to crime against women, like dowry deaths, acid attacks, domestic violence, sexual harassment, voyeurism, stalking, kidnapping, rape, trafficking etcetera.
Police personnel are also trained in processes, like the provi si on s of th e I n d i a n l ega l system, m eth od s of inquiry /investigation, correct approaches towards victims, nuances of reporting crimes against women and other keyparameters that help them professionally. In each session, we carry out group activities where police personnel ask questions, share their experiences with each other and discuss ways in which they can improve policing regarding crimes against women.
Organizations like the UNICEF, Action Aid and AALI (Legal Collective) support thereby workshops which have been conducted for rural and urban police stations in Lucknow, Pratapgarh, Lakhimpur, Bareilly and Lalitpur districts as well as traffic police.