Experts call
for Sensitising Police about Disability
Observing
that police are mostly unaware about the predicaments of the disabled,
activists here Tuesday advocated for "disability sensitisation"
during training of police personnel.
The
activists also urged the government to take steps to ensure monitoring
mechanisms in institutions and shelters for the disabled where crimes against
women were "quite high" and go unnoticed.
"Not
everything can be covered by the law but the government can notify women's
groups and other agencies to set up monitoring mechanisms in institutions for
the disabled," Muralidharan, secretary of National Platform for Rights of
Disabled, told IANS.
"There
are quite a lot of incidences of violence against women in these places and
these go unreported," Muralidharan added.
Shampa
Sengupta, director, Sruti Disability Rights Centre said: "Usually these
matters go unnoticed but when there is a pregnancy or death then incidents come
to light."
Sengupta
said one of the other demands is to have government statistics in place on
crimes against disabled women.
Speaking
on "Violence on Disabled women: Verma Committee, Criminal Law Amendment
Act and the way forward", at the Manovikas Kendra here, Muralidharan said
many of their suggestions to the Justice Verma Committee have been incorporated
into laws.
However,
"implementation is always a question", he said.
According
to him, the police are trying to implement the laws but due to lack of
awareness about the different forms of disabilities, they are unable to address
problems in a proper manner.
"Therefore,
disability sensitisation should be a part of police training," he said.
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