New Delhi:
Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani today inaugurated the National Commission for Women’s 24/7 helpline number – 7827170170.
The helpline aims to provide 24/7 online support to women affected by violence through referral by linking them with appropriate authorities such as police, hospitals, District Legal Service Authority, psychological services etc,It will also provide information about women related government programmes across the country through a single uniform number.
The helpline will function with a team of trained experts. Any girl or woman aged 18 years and above can seek help by calling on this Helpline which will be operated from the premises of the National Commission for Women, New Delhi.
The said that this digital helpline gives a message to women that whenever they are in need, their government and their Commission will stand by them.
She said that the partnership between NCW and WCD goes a long way in ensuring a seamless intervention to help women in distress.Speaking on the occasion, NCW Chairperson . Rekha Sharma said that the helpline strengthens the commissions existing complaint mechanism and the helpline will enable women in need of support and counseling to get help in time.
The objective of the Helpline is to provide 24-hour complaints and counseling services to women affected by violence by linking them with appropriate authorities such as police, hospitals, District Legal Service Authority psychological services and .
NCW under its statutory mandate has been looking into complaints under various categories of violence/deprivation of women rights from across the country. These complaints are received in writing or online through its website i.e., www.ncw.nic.
in. The Commission processes complaints to facilitate in providing adequate and expeditious relief to women ensuring suitable redressal of grievances. In order to strengthen and expand the complaint platform, the Commission took the initiative to start this Digital Helpline. This helpline service has been developed in collaboration with Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.