MP govt to open centres to help, rehabilitate women in distress

Directorate of Women Empowerment will open two centres to help and rehabilitate women in distress. Initially, these centres would be started at Indore and Gwalior and will be run by department's employees and NGOs.

Updated on: Nov 13, 2014, 16:02:56 IST

Hindustan Times | By Shruti Tomar, Bhopal

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Directorate of Women Empowerment will open two centres to help and rehabilitate women in distress. Initially, these centres would be started at Indore and Gwalior.

Acid attack survivors, rape victims and other woman, who are in destitute state and are facing troubles, will get medical and legal support, besides accommodation and skill-training at the centre.

Women, who have served jail sentence, would also get help after their release. They would be provided skill training so that they could start their lives again by earning money.

Directorate of Women Empowerment commissioner Kalpana Shrivastava said, "The directorate would open two centres first and if we succeed, we will open more centres. The basic objective of these centres is to empower women by extending help. We will also appoint counsellors and psychologists at these centres so as to help women in depression and mental trauma."

These centres will be run by department's employees and NGOs and similar organisations will not play any role in running the affairs of these centres. "We are trying to generate posts for these centres. Contractual employees would be appointed at these centres according to collector’s guidelines," Shrivastava said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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