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Trafficking, domestic violence rose due to coronavirus lockdown, finds Parliamentary panel

Representational image. | Shailesh Andrade/Reuters The coronavirus-induced lockdown led to a spurt in cases of domestic violence and trafficking, said a Parliamentary panel in its report, tabled on Monday. The report by Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, which is headed by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma, recommended that cash transfers and moratorium on loan repayments be continued to empower women, reported The Indian Express. “The Committee notes that there was a sudden spurt in domestic violence and trafficking of women and children during the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic outbreak,” said the report. “This was mainly due to disruption in economic activities, work from home and family spending more time at home during lockdowns. The female migrant workers and their children were trafficked and had gone missing during lockdowns.”

Home panel expresses concern over abysmal conviction rate in cases of violence against women

Home panel expresses concern over ‘abysmal’ conviction rate in cases of violence against women March 15, 2021 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has expressed concern over the decreasing conviction rate in the cases of violence against women. Quoting the National Crime Records Bureau Data, the panel’s report tabled here on Monday, said the conviction rate was 24.6 per cent in 2017, 23.1 per cent in 2018 and 23.7 per cent in 2019. Describing the conviction rates as “abysmally low” the Committee said it shows a serious mismatch between the measures adopted and their implementation. The panel asked the Home Ministry to ensure that all States use the analytical tool “Online Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences” to monitor and track investigations within two months as per the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018.

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