News Article

सर ये बिमारी आई है इसलिए सब बंद है, पर हमको कई बिमारियाँ है उसका क्या? खाने को वैसे रोज मिल रहां है, पर धंदा बंद हो गया है उसका क्या? हम रोज दोसो रुपए कमाते थे, अब वो भी नहीं मिलते.

The TISS audit report commissioned by Delhi Commission for Women has detailed multiple physical and sexual abuse cases at shelter homes run by Delhi government.

As per the report, 85 percent of the shelter homes has recreation rooms for various activities.

Only 47 per cent of shelter homes in Delhi are running with a valid license, according to a social audit report prepared by TISS Koshish, the Delhi Commission for Women said.

The Delhi government and the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) had partnered with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to conduct a social audit of all the shelter homes in Delhi.

The Supreme Court directed the Bihar government to take steps to unite eight girls in the shelter home case with their families.

Police in India’s commercial capital face accusations of using an old law against begging as a way to pick up anyone sleeping on the streets so they can reach their arrest quotas.

The allegation of sexual assaults first came to light in May last year when TISS had submitted a “social audit” report on the shelter home, run by a non-governmental organisation.

A team from Tata Institute of Social Sciences will understand and chalk out a conducive plan for their rehabilitation.

Residents of the footpath under Amar Mahal junction in Chembur forcibly evicted