WOMEN SAFETY:NEED OF THE HOUR".
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I am a working woman and a mother of a 8 year old girl and I’m not going to shy from the fact that I at times I do not feel safe in my city . The current situation is actually getting from bad to worse and one can expect anything to happen anytime . People are not scared of the law anymore and heinous crimes are being committed every day especially with women . Women safety products is the need of the hour and it’s about time that for women to take care of their own safety and security .
I hate to watch the news or read the newspaper as they are filled with the news of rapes, murders, acid-attacks , kidnappings suicides,the list is endless. I had thought that post the Nirbhaya crime, things might improve as almost the entire stood up for women safety ,but in vain , rather such horrendous crimes have increased with no hoot being given to law and the security of women and children. Equipping oneself with women safety products like safety alarms, pepper sprays, cameras and other self-defense tools and knives is the only option now. We need to stand up for ourselves and defend ourselves . They say that God helps those who help themselves , so that exactly that should be done . Empowering women is the requirement . Helping them learn self-defense techniques how to handle a situation when they are attacked and the complete knowledge of how can they help keep themselves should be provided . The government and ngo’s should step in more pro-actively to take care of this . The urban women population can to some extent afford to buy these women safety tools and are considered the ‘smarter’ lot . But what about the rural women where these crimes are increasing as I write . As fellow citizens it is our responsibility to help them and make them self-sufficient . The government alone cannot bring about a change ,and also the change cannot happen overnight . The common mass has to assist in this so that more and more women and children can be trained to protect themselves .