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We are today living in an India where every hour, two rapes are committed, 1 woman is sexually harassed, 6 women suffer cruelty in the hands of their husbands and relatives and 1 woman is killed because of dowry demands. What is more disturbing is that amongst 35 mega cities, having a population of 10 lakhs or more, Delhi has topped the list in crime against women in the year 2003. Delhi has accounted for 30.5% of Rape cases, 35.0% of Kidnapping & Abduction cases, 18.8% of Dowry Deaths and 15.0% of Molestation cases among 35 cities.
Objectives for Crisis Intervention Centres (CICs)
- Developing and strengthening a network
of counselors and community leaders by
providing services to women and girl children
who are victims of violence.
- To make society aware about the women's
rights by organizing legal literacy and
awareness programs regarding social, economic,
political, legal and human rights of women.
- To mobilize community to take
initiative to stop anti-social activities like
harassment of women, alcohol related violence,
dowry harassment gambling etc. in their area.
- To strengthen the existing networks to
advocate prevention of violence against
women and to provide integrated services to the
victim of violence.
- To strengthen the existing women's
collective centers as a model to enhance
capacity of other community based organizations
to act as pressure groups within the community.
CSR's with the help of its counselling centers
have successfully handled hundreds of cases of
domestic violence, rape (minor and adult), dowry
demands, and sexual harassment over the years.
These centers are not only acknowledged by the
beneficiaries, the victims, their family members,
community elders, but also by the state and
national government and the media.
Physical and Geographical Presence
Crisis Intervention Centers (CIC) of the
organization are functioning in localities spread
across 5 districts of National Capital of Delhi.
The locality of the centers varies in their
geographical nature and socio economic profile.
South District
Two of CSR's CICs, are situated at Chhattarpur
& Sangam Vihar in South district of Delhi. Both
these centres are operational from last project
phase. Chhattarpur is urban-rural in nature,
where as Sangam Vihar area is an unauthorized
settlement.
East District
Crisis Intervention Centre of the East
district is located at Kalyanpuri. Initially, the
centre was located at Trilokpuri area, just
adjacent to the present one. This centre is also
functional since previous project phase.
Resettlement colonies and slums mark the area.
North East District
In North East district of Delhi, CSR has
established one of its new CICs. This CIC is
situated in Sunder Nagri area of the district.
North District
CSR has also established a new CIC in North
district of Delhi located in Daya Basti.
West District
Third CIC from the present project is
established in West district of Delhi. The centre
is located in Uttam Nagar area. The locality is
basically a slum, which is surrounded by other
urban colonies.
Diagrammatic Presentation
of CSR's Intervention Strategy
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