Victim Support Centres to be set up at police stations soon
Friday, 10 August 2007
As part of its commitment to address the violence against children and women the government is going to open Victim Support Centres at police stations across the country soon.
Adviser for Local Gover-nment, Rural Development and Cooperatives Anwarul Iqbal said this while addressing a workshop on Victim Support Services in the city Thursday, reports UNB.
"Police is going to establish Victim Support Centres soon to deal with repression and violence against women and children," he pointed out.
The first Victim Support Centre, under Police Reform Programme, will be opened soon at Tejgaon police station in the city. The building is now complete, he said.
The people, who are specially victims of sexual harassment as well as other terrorist acts, will be provided with necessary services at the centre. More centres will be set up throughout the country, he said.
The adviser said there is no statistics about actual number of people who are victimised every day or every year in the country.
"Millions of people across the world are harmed due to various crimes, but the rights of the victims are not addressed to properly," he said.
The government, he said, was firmly committed to address the violence against children and women through implementing various policies and projects including National Women and Children Policy, PRSP and NPA against sexual abuse.
"I am aware that despite the initiatives by different quarters we still have miles to go in this connection and much more remain to be achieved," he said.
Though NGOs are supplementing the government's effort to protect women and children, but it needs to be coordinated for better cohesion, the adviser added.
He expressed the hope that in the future, present initiatives would help create a victim friendly environment at the police stations.
Among others, Home Secretary Abdul Karim, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Noor Mohammad, Additional IGP and National Project Director of PRP NBK Tripura and Project Director of PRP Hurbert Staberhofer addressed the workshop.
Adviser for Local Gover-nment, Rural Development and Cooperatives Anwarul Iqbal said this while addressing a workshop on Victim Support Services in the city Thursday, reports UNB.
"Police is going to establish Victim Support Centres soon to deal with repression and violence against women and children," he pointed out.
The first Victim Support Centre, under Police Reform Programme, will be opened soon at Tejgaon police station in the city. The building is now complete, he said.
The people, who are specially victims of sexual harassment as well as other terrorist acts, will be provided with necessary services at the centre. More centres will be set up throughout the country, he said.
The adviser said there is no statistics about actual number of people who are victimised every day or every year in the country.
"Millions of people across the world are harmed due to various crimes, but the rights of the victims are not addressed to properly," he said.
The government, he said, was firmly committed to address the violence against children and women through implementing various policies and projects including National Women and Children Policy, PRSP and NPA against sexual abuse.
"I am aware that despite the initiatives by different quarters we still have miles to go in this connection and much more remain to be achieved," he said.
Though NGOs are supplementing the government's effort to protect women and children, but it needs to be coordinated for better cohesion, the adviser added.
He expressed the hope that in the future, present initiatives would help create a victim friendly environment at the police stations.
Among others, Home Secretary Abdul Karim, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Noor Mohammad, Additional IGP and National Project Director of PRP NBK Tripura and Project Director of PRP Hurbert Staberhofer addressed the workshop.