'Society still looks at working women with a bias', says Union minister Smriti Irani

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Saturday spoke at National Conference on Women in Police and CAPFs organised by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D). Smriti Irani expressed her happiness on being invited as Chief Guest, as she shared her dream of wearing a uniform and was extremely delighted to present her speech in front of so many uniformed women. minister at event stressed need to train more female forensic investigators and cybercrime experts. According to a press statement released by BPR&D, minister advised organisation to make a standard operating procedure for “One Stop Centre for Women”.

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minister also emphasized need for coordination among Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Child Welfare Committees (CWC), NGOs and or stakeholders of Criminal Justice System, so that once a criminal is punished, he is t able to take advant of provisions of law to delay execution of punishment. Smriti Irani advised that counselling at time of recruitment of women in forces would make m better prepared for ir career.  minister regretted that society still looks at working women with bias and holds performance of men to be only benchmark for success.

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As per press release, Shri VSK Kaumudi, Director General, BPR&D, welcomed Smriti Irani and flagged certain important issues related to women in Police, like workplace harassment besides cybercrime. Kaumudi also talked about unique challenges that woman officers face at operational level in hard postings.

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To commemorate event, Hon’ble Minister released a hand-out, "BPR&D Mirror- Bender". Shri SK Dhyani, Deputy Inspector General (Res), BPR&D, proposed Vote of Thanks on behalf of Bureau of Police Research and Development. 

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