Women Safety Wing, is successfully running a module to organise state wide Online counselling session every month to the respondents of SHE Teams. As part of the online counselling, delinquents identified based on complaints of December, a Counselling session is conducted today to those who are caught by the Unit SHE Teams in offences against Women and Children like Eve-Teasing, Harassing over Phone, Harassing over social media platforms etc.
Today’s counselling session was held to 106 majors and 08 minor respondents from 20 Police districts / commissionerates along with officers of SHE Teams from their respective Unit headquarters. Local She Team Incharges and members attended the session by dividing the respondents into small groups consisting of each 5-6 members and monitored and guided by a responsible SHE Teams officer / mentor.
Smt. Swathi Lakra, IPS, Addl. DGP, WSW,TS addressing the session explained the aim and purpose of “Online counselling” that it is a process of bringing about change in their behaviour, who have made mistakes, she asked the counselling session may be utilised as chance to change themselves, Also , she reiterated Sri.Swamy Vivekananda’s quote that “The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is it’s treatment of its women. For Ensuring that there is change in behaviour of respondents, counselling is one such methodology.
She appreciated the performance of Hyderabad and Cyberabad commissionerates as well as Khammam commissionerate. She stated that lot of change has come in the performance of all the districts that they are working qualitatively on SHE Software Application with respect to response and updating the records of the persons caught SHE Teams related offences. She further requested the counsellers to work towards effective modules to being about required change. Total respondents i.e. 114 took part in the counselling today from Hyderabad – 32, Nizamabad – 13, Nalgonda – 09, Karimnagar – 09, Rachakonda. – 06 and rest from other districts.
Smt. Sumathi, IPS, Dy. Inspector General of Police, WSW, addressing the participants of the session stated that it is the 4rd Online Counselling held by WSW, which now has “standardised process” with more than 577 respondents (Major-512, Minor-65) counselled so far in various counselling sessions held since October-2020. She further deliberated strong message for the respondents that the Telangana State Women Safety Wing has requisite technology to monitor the respondents caught in SHE Team related offences. They are under surveillance for their behaviour and that if they repeat any kind of un-lawful acts, the system automatically alerts along with previous crime record. Moreover analysis is also being done on their associations and activities.
Hyderabad is selected as the best performer for December-2020 in the state in terms of Red-Handed Cases as well as complaints followed by Cyberabad for the year – 2020.
Based on the number of complaints received among districts Nalgonda and Kamareddy received highest complaints for the year 2020. She also stated that 69% through Whatsapp, Email, Twitter, Hawk-Eye of complaints are received indirectly.
If analysed Respondents wise most of the respondents i.e. 43% are between the age of 19-24 Years,. During the year -2020, most often reported Type of Harassment is through Phone and Social media which is 67 % of total complaints.
