To treat abused women, along with providing Police help, legal aid, counselling Mysore/Mysuru: SAKHI– One Stop Centre to provide emergency medical treatment and legal aid to women in distress was inaugurated in the premises of K.R. Hospital in city yesterday. The building, housing Sakhi Centre, adjacent to the Stone Building at K.R. Hospital, has been…
All-women ‘Sakhi’ polling stations, tribal booths main attraction
April 17, 2019Mysuru: Amidst the promises of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament in the election manifestos of both the Congress and BJP comes the news of at least the Election Commission of India giving some importance to women by setting up separate polling stations for them. The polling stations called ‘Sakhi’ have been set…
Sakhi: Special PINK BOOTHS
May 11, 2018Mysuru: The Election Commission and the District Administration have set up special ‘Sakhi’, or ‘Pink’, polling booths for the election. These special booths will be staffed entirely by women – from the presiding officers to the micro-observers and security personnel. This is being done to attract more women to vote. The security deployed at such…
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