An image image of a Sakhi – a stop center, in Udupi. | Photo credit: the Hindu
“A few weeks ago, we obtained a case in which a woman had an additional marital with another married man due to rod factors. We came here, we provided joint advice services for both families, we solved their problems and now both families are working well,” shared an administrator or a stop center/Sakhi center from southern Karnataka.
These centers, established by the central government under the scheme of a stop center, have helped 17,944 women in the state that were in danger or were victims of abuse between 2021–22 and 2023–24, according to the data provided by. There are 39 of these centers in the state distributed in all districts to provide legal, medical or social assistance to the victims.
These centers obtain between 10 and 15 cases at 25-30 cases per month, according to a source in the Department of Women and Child Development of the State. Most of these cases are women who need medical or legal help due to domestic abuse, victims of Pocso’s cases and those who need advice and rehabilitation.
More centers are needed
However, activists feel that, although the report of these cases has increased, resources are still inappropriate.
“In these days, crimes against women have tasks of an unimaginable turn and the situation has very ugly Goths. Therefore, only 39 centers for a State such as pars are not enough,” said Ks Vimala, throughout India). Karnataka, along with Bihar, has the fifth highest number of these centers in the country. Uttar Pradesh has the highest number (79 centers) followed by Madhya Pradesh (57), Maharashtra (55) and Tamil Nadu (48).
Mrs. Vimala also said that the effect of these centers has not felt in society so far. “BeSe are supposed to be one stop centers with legal counselors and police in the loop. If that is the case, The Why have more gone to court and Why has not aisre leg more convictions and Why are police office alains Aboin ABOInse ABOINSEMES ABOHEINS ABOINSMES ABOINSMES ABOINESMES ABOINSE ABOINESMES ABOINESMES ABOINESMES ABOINESMES ABOInse ABOINSENES OF THE INDECITION OF THE CONTRACTION IN THE FUNCTION OF THE THESIS CENTERS.
Published – April 13, 2025 05:08 PM IST
