Gender Sensitization and people Friendly Police Project.

Abstract

This forms the Executive Summary of the evaluation of the Gender Sensitive and People Friendly Police Project (GSPP) undertaken in Karnataka. This initiative is a joint collaboration between the Karnataka State Police (KSP) and United Nations Children‟s Fund (UNICEF). Violence against women and children manifests in various forms – physical, economic, sexual and psychological, cuts across culture and socio-economic classes and is reported from virtually every country of the world including India. Various factors like caste, class and other forms of discriminations, hegemony, patriarchal practices and social dictums further the issue in India. Most often women and children who are victims of such violence and abuse do not seek help or report incidence when it occurs for reasons known.