This article covered a new bill passed in India that is focused on helping women who need to report crimes that are sexual in nature. In India there has been a new sexual offenses bill that’s aim is to benefit women who need to report “complaints of rape, stalking and other sex crimes.” This bill makes it a requirement that all of these types of complaints/reports must be made to a female police officer. This bill passed on the 21st of March comes after a male police office was reported to have said, “Who would rape someone this old,” when responding to “rape complaint” of a 35 year old mother of four. This type of insensitivity that is aimed directly at women who have found themselves in these types of situations is what helped to pass this bill. While have women police officers respond to “complaints of rape” seems to be a benefit for women, it is proving hard to employ such a large number of women police officers. The ideal and hope behind this bill is that women will be more comfortable and better able to talk to other women about these complaints and issues they may be having. Some people like Suman Nalwa, who is in charge of the Delhi police’s special unit for women and children, believe that “having a woman in every police station with in the country is not realistic.” She believes that while having more women police officer is a good thing there also needs to be a focus on finding officers better suited to handle sensitive situations. Either way this bill and the increase in the number of female police officers will be steps in the right direction to help women in India feel more comfortable going to the police to report incidences as well as feeling better protected by the law.
Lynne. E. Davis
4/5/13
12:48pm
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