The DCW stated that through the woman’s actions not only has the child in question been sexualised at an early age he was also instrumental in objectifying his own mother. The commission demanded an urgent FIR and immediate investigation.

DCW chief Swati Malliwal long with member Promila Gupta recently had a meeting with transgender persons to seek their advice on the role and responsibilities of the cell.

The state of shelter homes in Delhi is worsening by the day. More and more cases of ill-treatment of women inmates are coming to light. Recently, nine women have gone missing from a shelter home in east Delhi’s Dilshad Garden. Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has directed the chief secretary to suspend senior government officers […]

Soon, more cops will be deployed outside public toilets in markets in Delhi to ensure women’s safety. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) is planning to analyse the areas outside public toilets in terms of safety. Accordingly, it will instruct the authorities to deploy women cops near troublesome areas. Sadar Bazar in North Delhi will be […]

Delhi Police along with Delhi Commission for Women and NGO Shakti Vahini rescued a 15-year-old girl, originally from Gumla in Jharkhand, from a house in Delhi where she was forced to work as a domestic help. Her employers had kept her for a period of six months now and made her give massages and work […]

Following the indefinite hunger strike that Delhi Commission for Women chief, Swati Malliwal is on, she has now alleged that the Delhi Police is forcing her to end her fast referring to ‘fake news’. Malliwal started her fast last week to seek justice for rape cases like the one that happened in Kathua against an […]

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti, who is embroiled in a domestic violence case filed by his wife, is facing arrest. Delhi Court Special Judge Arvind Kumar has passed an order of bailable warrant against Bharti. He has instructed him to appear before the court on April 27, reported IE. The MLA had earlier neglected to appear before the court. On […]

After the Delhi government reconstituted the Delhi Commission for Women in August 2015, it handled 11,268 complaints till July 2016, the DCW says in its 2015-16 annual report. The number of cases it dealt with is three times more than the 3,498 cases the previous commission looked into in a year. It also took up […]

In a bid to make the country safer for women, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday (Feb 13) launched a ‘Rape Roko’ movement against sexual violence. Mass demonstrations across the country will be held on March 8, she announced. The march The DCW chief led a march from the Vishwavidyalaya Metro station to […]

After the rape of an eight-month-old in Delhi sparked outrage, the Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Malliwal has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi. In the letter, she asks for stricter laws to curb child rapes and death sentence for those raping children. She said that the government should create a system to […]