WCD asks state women commissions to conduct surprise inspections at one-stop centres

The ministry is planning to meet the NGOs involved in the one-stop centers and sensitize them for giving a proper response.

The WCD Ministry has asked state women commissions to conduct surprise inspections at one-stop centers amid complaints against them for not functioning properly, according to a senior official.

The one-stop centers have been made to support women affected by violence, in private and public spaces, within family, community and at the workplace.

But the centers have been receiving complaints that the staff is not properly trained to deal with the people who come for assistance.

"Some of them have complained that they are directed to police stations when they go to the center," a senior Women and Child Development (WCD) official said.

"We send people for inspection whenever we receive complaints and they are addressed within a day," he said.

The ministry is planning to meet the NGOs involved in the one-stop centers and sensitize them for giving a proper response.

The ministry has also urged the state women commissions to conduct surprise checks at these centers and submit a report to it.

It has also asked the states to train the NGOs on how to give a proper response to the people coming to these centers.

"In the 200 operational one-stop centers, we don't get a very good staff from the NGOs but we are trying to train them," he said.

According to the data given by the ministry, a total of 1.3 lakh women have been assisted through the 200 centers. It plans to establish 600 centers.

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