About the Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies
Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies is in Pitampura, New Delhi, India. It is a private college, affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
About the National Commission for Women, New Delhi
The National Commission for Women is the apex national level organisation of India with the mandate of protecting and promoting the interests of women.
About the Seminar
Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies is organizing a national seminar on Women Police Station/Mahila Thana (Working, Efficiency and Effectiveness) in collaboration with National Commission for Women, New Delhi.
Concern about escalating levels of violence against women and lack of deterrence heightened public pressure to explore strategies to prevent crime against women. It is observed that many complaints of violence could not be registered because of various reasons.
Therefore, the establishment of the Women Police Station/ Mahila Thana (“WPS”) is to provide victims with a more female-friendly setting that is specifically designed to deal with situations of violence against women.
Officers appointed at the WPS undergo training in dealing with victims of crime against women. It is expected that WPS will improve the willingness to report a crime. It has been observed that many women victims do not register complaints due to inhabitations or social fear to express their situations to the male police officials.
Objectives of the Seminar
The aim of this seminar is to conduct deliberations, discussions, exchange of thought, and facilitation. It will help in identifying the deficiency, and initiatives relating to the effective enforcement of the same. It will also help in understanding the utility of initiatives taken at various levels of policing.
Empirical research is invited to assess whether women are preferring WPS over police stations and its impact to minimize crime against women. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the research papers are expected to be developed.
The suggestions received from paper presenters will be submitted to the National Commission for Women.
Eligibility
Papers are invited from academicians, regulators, policymakers, research scholars, NGOs, students and other stakeholders across the streams.
Theme and Sub-Themes
- Multi-Disciplinary Approaches towards crime against women
- The sociological, historical, and psychological aspects of Crime against women
- Behavioral Science, Criminology, Victimology vis-à-vis women
- Feminist Responses to Crimes against Women
- International, Constitutional and National legal regimes for the protection of women against crimes
- International and National perspective
- Constitutional mandates
- Structure of Police System
- Police Administration and establishment of Mahila Thana
- Mahila Thana and Police Stations PAN India
- Women Representations in Police Administration
- Responses of Police Administration towards Mahila Thana
- Functioning, efficiency and effectiveness of Mahila Thana
- Reporting vis-a-vis registration of cases at Mahila Thana
- Contribution of Mahila Thana
- Mahila Thana and related crimes against women
- Domestic violence against women
- Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
- Acid Attacks on women
- Obscenity and Pornography
- Cruelty/Dowry demand
- Stalking, rape, kidnapping, assault etc.
- Empirical Research on Mahila Thana
- Empirical Research on Functioning of Mahila Thana
- Empirical Research on Victims, family members
- Empirical Research on public officials
Submission Guidelines
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- Co-authorship is permissible. Each author will pay their registration fee separately.
- The abstract should not exceed 300 words. The maximum word limit of the paper must not exceed 6000 words inclusive of footnotes.
- The paper must be accompanied by a cover letter which shall include the title of the paper, full name(s) of the Author(s), Affiliating Institution, Professional/ Educational Details, Email address and contact details.
- The Paper should be in .doc/.docx formats in Times New Roman font, font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing. All participants must submit a presentation using MS PowerPoint.
- Footnotes should be in Times New Roman, the font size 10 with 1.0 line spacing. Endnotes are not allowed.
- Alignment -Justified, no page borders, Margin 1 inch on each side.
- The writings must conform to the “Bluebook 20th Edition”.
- All submissions should be original and non-plagiarised work, and should not have been submitted for publication/published elsewhere in any form. Similarity should not be more than 12%.
Fees
- Academicians/ Legal Professionals – INR 1,000
- Research Scholars/ Students/ other participants – INR 500
Registration
- Participants are required to send the abstract of the paper by September 15, 2022, via email
[email protected] with the subject “Abstract Submission _ Name of paper
presenters.” - The authors of the accepted papers shall be notified via email.
- Shortlisted papers which are selected by the screening committee will be allowed for presentation in the seminar.
- After the acceptance of the abstract, the participants are required to submit the full paper and registration fees by October 5, 2022, at 11:59 pm.
- The link will be active from September 23, 2022, to October 5, 2022.
- Fee can be paid through Demand Draft or Online transfer.
- Demand Draft should be made in favour of Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies Technical Campus, payable at Delhi.
- For online transfer: Account No. 50100199004255, A/c Holder name – Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies Technical Campus, HDFC Bank, Pitampura branch, IFSC Code – HDFC0001657.
Important Dates
- Deadline for abstract submission – September 15, 2022
- Final submission and payment – September 23 – October 5, 2022
- Date of the Event – November 3 and 4, 2022
Venue
VIPS-TC, AU Block, Outer Ring Road, Pitam Pura, Delhi-110034.
Note:
- The registration fee is non-refundable.
- A participation certificate shall be given.
- Selected papers will be published.
- A welcome kit, high tea and lunch will be provided.
