Kerala Women’s Commission to revive ward-level vigilance committees to curb increasing incidents of violence

Training begins for ward-level surveillance activities

Aimed at curbing the increasing incidents of violence against women, the Kerala Women’s Commission has decided to reactivate the functioning of its vigilance committees in various local bodies in the State.

Inactive committees with insufficient or ineligible members will be dissolved soon as part of the reconstitution process, aimed at tracking the maximum number of grievances at the beginning itself and reporting it to higher authorities concerned for speedy intervention.

On Thursday, nearly 150 vigilance committee members representing the 75 divisions of the Kozhikode Corporation turned up for their first round of training as part of resuming the ward-level surveillance activities. It was part of the State-level events hosted by the women’s commission in the city to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and explain the action plan for the days to come.