The National Human Rights Commission organised a three day Training of Trainers Programme on 'Gender Sensitization' in collaboration with the Karnataka Police Academy, UN Women Multi-Country Office and Centre for Social Research at Karnataka Police Academy, Mysuru from the 5th to 7th May, 2015.
Inaugurating the programme, Justice Shri K.G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson, NHRC said that gender sensitization would remain a myth unless women were empowered. He said that there were no deficiencies in the laws meant for the protection of the rights of women but the problem was with their implementation. Police personnel should be abreast with the latest amendments to the laws such as Article 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deals with assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty, Article 326 that lays down the punishment for throwing acid and Article 376 that deals with rape. He said that they also need to be aware of the Article 166 of the IPC which punishes a public servant for disobeying the law.
Smt. Meera C. Saxena, Member, Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, Dr. Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, UN Multi-Country Office, Shri J.S. Kochher, Joint Secretary (T&R), NHRC, Dr. Rajani R. Menon, Programme Coordinator, Centre for Social Research, Shri Raghavendra H. Auradkar, Additional Director General Police, Recruitment and Training, Bengaluru were the other prominent speakers, among others, who addressed the police trainers.