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One Stop Crisis Centre – a step forward in this campaign against gender based violence

The popular TV show Satyamev Jayate, in its first episode titled Fighting Rape, screened on the 2nd of March 2014, has once again brought public’s attention back on the issue of violence against women and girls. 
In this show, various aspects of gender based violence were talked about and the speakers critically looked at the existing response mechanisms available to the survivor. 
Of the many things that the speakers had put forth on the show, the mention of One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC), which went to the government as part of Justice Usha Mehra Commission’s report in the aftermath of Nirbhaya incident, was also widely discussed. 
This centre, accoarding to the report, must offer free medical, legal and case related support to the survivor at one place, rather than her having to run between each of these institutions separately. In February 2013, a report that appeared on The Hindu suggested that the Ministry of Women & Child Development Centre was planning to open 100 such centers immediately. While, those centers are yet to open for reasons unknown, the repeated mention of such a model during the show has certainly given the idea a necessary thrust. 


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  1. Unknown16 March 2018 at 05:23

    Good job :)

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  2. Unknown24 March 2018 at 07:42

    You write so well. Absolutely it's high time to eradicate this problem from our society.

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