Activities of the Commission during April 2007-March, 2008

In keeping with its objectives, the Tripura Commission for Women initiated various steps to protect the rights and interests of women and worked for their empowerment during the year under report. During the year the Commission received a large number of complaints relate to various categories of crimes against women such as domestic violence, dowry torture, dowry death, kidnapping, desertion, bigamy, rape, sexual harassment, etc. Most of the cases that were registered with the Commission or brought before it relate to marital discord and domestic violence, the Commission took upon itself the task of counselling the parties concerned so that family disputes could be settled speedily and effectively without being dragged into the courts of law. The Commision inquired into the incidents of crimes against women like unnatural deaths and rape that were reported to it. Thereafter the Commission carried out its own investigations into those cases and pursued those matters to expedite police actions. Suo moto enquires of cases reported in the newspapers were also conducted by the commission. The reports of those enquiries were sent to the Police or to the concerned administrative authorities with the findings and recommendations of the Commission.

During the period under report the Commission had two legal advisors for suggesting legal safeguards to women and a panel of lawyers to deal with the court cases women compelled to file for getting justice in favour of them. A committee, comprising of Commission Members and Medical Officers of Govt. hospitals, was formed with the aim of keeping vigilant watch on proper implementation of PC-PNDT Act in private Nursing Homes and Government Hospitals.

In different phases the Commission interacted with the print and electronic media, Medical Professionals, Administrative Officers, Lawyers, Academics Social Activists and NGOs on the issues like proper implementation of programmes and projects for development of women and on implementation of different laws enacted time to time for protecting women during the period under report. 
During the year under report the Commission visited Female Jail, Destitute and Protective Homes for Women and Girls, Nursing Trainee Girls’ Hostel run in the State by the Government in order to assess the living conditions and facilities of the inmates of those institutions. Recommendations for remedial measures to be adopted by these institutions to improve the living other conditions of the inmates were sent to the State Government by the Commission.

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