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महिला, बालबालिका तथा जेष्ठ नागरिक सेवा निर्देशनालय

 

“Together with Citizens in fighting all forms of Gender Based Violences”

 

Introduction:

 

Women, children and senior citizens are among the most vulnerable populations in the world suffering the most from poverty, social disparity and illness. Despite their pervasive role in the society, far too many numbers of women, children and senior citizens are at risk due to lack of basic care and support. Thus, this group needs special protection and care from all forms of violence and discrimination.


Nepal as a signatory country of the UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and Convention on Rights of Child (CRC) is legally obliged to provide protection and fair treatment to women, children and senior citizens at all levels.


Women, Children and Senior Citizen Service Center (WCSCSC) (formerly known as Women Cell) was established within Nepal police in 1996 as a pilot project in four districts (Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Kaski and Morang) and one at central level in Police Headquarters as governing body. This was the first ever initiative from Nepal Police in compliance with various UN conventions, guidelines, resolutions, national policies, act, as well as the recommendations of Police Reform Commission.


Complying with one of the core organizational priorities of strict approach in combating all forms of inhumane acts against Women, Children and Senior Citizens. Nepal Police Women, Children and Senior Citizens Service Centers are actively operating under the direct supervision of Women, Children and Senior Citizen Service Directorate (WCSCSD) in all 77 districts including three (3) Ranges, nine (9) Circles and three (3) Sectors under the Metropolitan Police Office in Kathmandu Valley and 122 Area police offices, seven Provinces and Federal Police offices totaling to 233 units across the nation at present.
 

Vision:

 

Ensuring widely available, fair and specialized police services for women, children, senior citizens and other vulnerable populations.
Objective: 

  • Ensure Gender mainstreaming in organizational plans and policies
  • Strengthen, broaden the scope and efficiency of women, children and senior citizen service centers
  • Build police capacities especially in relation to handling of GBV related cases.
  • Collection, compilation and scientific analysis of disaggregated data on crime against women, children and senior citizen from WCSCSCs all across the country.
  • Production and publication of informative materials on GBV
  • Raise public awareness on prevention of Crime Against Women, Children and Senior Citizen
  • Coordination and networking with concerned stakeholders in prevention and response to GBV

 

Our Area of Work: 

 

  1. Sexual offence ( rape, attempt to rape, sexual abuse and exploitation of children and marital rape)
  2. Domestic violence (physical, sexual, mental and economic violence)
  3. Offenses related to Marriage (Polygamy, child Marriage)Offenses related to Social Discriminatory practices (Allegation of witchcraft, Untouchability)
  4. Chhaupadi-menstrual taboo)
  5. Offenses related to reproductive rights (Illegal Abortion)
  6. Human Trafficking and Transportation.
  7. Offenses related to the use of Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) Hydrochloride Acid (HCL) or deadly and flammable chemical (Tejab)
  8. Other associated offenses against Women and Children.
  9. Offenses related to Senior Citizens.

 

STRUCTURE OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICE DIRECTORATE

 

Crime data against Women, Children and Senior Citizen of Fiscal year 2078/079

 

S.N Types of Crime Province-1 Madhesh Province Bagmati Province Gandaki Province Lumbini Province Karnali Province Sudurpaschim Province Metro Total
 1 Rape     512 289 265 211 389 157 234 323 2380
 2 Attempt to rape 141 93 69 50 130 42 93 37 655
 3 Polygamy 144 121 93 40 157 81 82 91 809
 4 Child Marriage 10 10 2 5 9 10 4 2 52
 5 Witchcraft 5 28 4 0 7 2 2 1 49
 6 Abortion 9 16 1 3 6 0 0 2 37
 7 Untouchability 3 1 2 1 4 0 3 1 15
8 Unnatural Intercourse 6 8 3 5 6 1 1 1 31
9 Child Sexual Abuse 99 17 46 37 37 11 12 55 314
10 Domestic Violence 1333 4473 1568 1409 2860 983 1316 3058 17000
Total 2262 5056 2053 1761 3605 1287 1747 3571 21342

 

 

26 years' crime data against Women and Children

S.N.

Fiscal Year

Rape

Attempt to Rape

Polygamy

Child Marriage

Witch Craft

Abortion

Untouchability

Child Sexual Abuse

Domestic Violence

1

053/054

112

34

101

5

74

337

2

054/055

181

34

135

3

101

228

3

055/056

141

18

96

1

81

432

4

056/057

186

33

96

5

89

711

5

057/058

122

35

75

1

55

449

6

058/059

129

21

51

-

14

410

7

059/060

157

18

69

2

15

569

8

060/061

154

19

44

3

8

922

9

061/062

188

25

66

1

11

730

10

062/063

195

38

65

1

14

939

11

063/064

317

70

94

7

3

1100

12

064/065

309

73

122

4

13

881

13

065/066

391

75

170

2

12

968

14

066/067

376

101

146

7

4

8

983

15

067/068

481

151

197

2

39

12

1355

16

068/069

555

156

249

12

35

13

2250

17

069/070

677

245

350

19

28

28

1800

18

070/071

912

414

421

15

39

18

14

6835

19

071/072

981

562

518

23

43

17

10

8268

20

072/073

1089

452

463

20

28

22

19

9398

21

073/074

1131

536

464

26

24

22

17

11629

22

074/075

1480

727

602

59

48

18

18

12225

23

075/076

2230

786

1001

86

46

27

43

211

14774

24

076/077

2144

687

734

64

34

29

30

232

11738

25

077/078

2532

735

852

84

61

27

39

281

14232

26

078/079

2380

655

809

52

49

37

15

314

17000