Project Summary:
The intervention, developed in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh Police (MPP), aims to promote and sustain women-centred policing practices through the establishment of Women’s Help Desks i.e. dedicated spaces in local police stations staffed by officers trained to assist women in registering cases and pursuing other forms of assistance, coupled with sustained police training and community outreach programs.
Country: India
Lead Agency: Institute for Financial Management and Research
PIs: Sandip Sukhtankar, Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Akshay Mangla
Poster: Engendering policing: Evaluating reforms to increase women’s access to security and justice
Journal article: Policing in patriarchy: An experimental evaluation of reforms to improve police responsiveness to women in India
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