Project Area: New Delhi, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Data regarding the police and victims shall be collected from the Police Training Colleges located in the capital cities of the states selected, except in Karnataka, where the Police Training College is located in Mysore. However, for collection of data from other law enforcement agencies of the state, the state headquarters of the agencies located in the capital city shall be contacted.

Project Beneficiaries: Law Enforcement Agencies and State Specific Police Training Colleges

Project Duration: 11 Months

Project Objective (s):

• To undertake research studies in the target states to assess attitudes of law enforcing officials towards issues of gender.
• Assess and analyze the impact of training programs (with gender focus) on the target group at the structural, Institution and policy levels respectively.
• Develop a gender-training module to engender the law enforcing agencies.

Expected Results/Outcomes Of The Project:

• Base line data on attitudes of the untrained personnel (may be trained on other aspects, excluding gender) of law enforcing agencies/ institutions is collected for the states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
• The training need assessment is done based on the baseline data collected.
• Studying the extent of impact of gender-sensitization training on personnel and comparison of data on the basis of gender sensitized vis-à-vis the untrained (un-engendered) personnel, especially in the context of combating violence against women and human trafficking.
• Based on the training need assessments and the impact of the gender sensitization training programs, a module of gender sensitization training is prepared for future training programs.

Activities Planned (including strategies and Interventions):

• Base line data collection for need assessment and prevailing gender attitudes of the law enforcement personnel (Through Baseline Survey and Secondary Sources)
• Analyses of the information collected and analysis of the need assessment studies and development of the training framework based on need assessment
• Assessment of extent of impact of training with gender focus, and attitude change towards gender sensitivity at an individual, structural and policy level of the agencies; and also their impact in restructuring gender relations
• Development of training module based on the pre training attitudes, need assessment and impact of the trainings, a training module shall be created on gender sensitization of the staff of law enforcement agencies, with special focus on combating violence against women and trafficking.