GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEINDIAMEASURESSPECIAL POLICE UNITS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN (SPUWAC) AND FOR NORTH-EAST REGION (SPUNER)
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Special Police Units for Women & Children (SPUWAC) and for North-East Region (SPUNER)
Type of Measure
Services > Police
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2022
Brief Description

The Special Police Unit for Women & Children (SPUWAC) and Special Police unit for North-East Region (SPUNER) were created by the Delhi Police in its Crime Against Women Cell (CAW Cell) in February 2022, and they include facilities for counselling, mediation and gender sensitization including facilities for counselling of women from the North Eastern Region of the country residing in the capital city.

Source of Information
Progress Report on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action within the Beijing+30 Review, India, 2024
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