New Bureaus to check child abuse, harassments of women
S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.
The government will set up 25 child and Women's Bureaus at 25
selected police stations before the end of this year. Rs. 135 million
has been allocated for this purpose.
This program is funded by the ministry of child development and
Women's Affairs and special women's Bureaus would be set up in the
Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Monaragala, Batticaloa, Ampara Trincomalee,
Jaffna, Mulativu, Killinochchi, Mannar, Kurunegala, Puttalam and
Nuwara-Eliya districts.
The program will be carried out under the supervision of Child and
Women's Bureau of the Police Department.
"We need to wipe out child abuses and all acts of harassments on
women and innocent children.
Those who commit such brutal harassments would be dealt with severely
punish in to come.
That is why we thought of introducing these Women's Bureaus
islandwide to ensure safety of children and women", said the Minister of
Child Development and Women's Affairs Tissa Karaliyadde at an interview
with "Sunday Observer" recently.
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