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05/07/22 05:56 AM IST

One Stop Centers

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  • The Zonal Meeting on ‘8 Years’ Achievements – Impact on Women and Children’ was inaugurated in the Telangana by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smt Smriti Irani.
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  • Launched in 2015, the One Stop Centers scheme extends help to women facing gender-based violence in terms of medical aid, legal assistance, psychological counseling and temporary shelter.
  • One stop centre is a centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), for addressing the problem of violence against women.
  • It is a subscheme of umbrella scheme for National Mission for Empowerment of Women including Indira Gandhi Mattritav Sahyaog Yojana.
  • One stop centre, will be established across the country to provide integrated support and assistance under one roof to women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces.
  • Funding: The scheme is funded through Nirbhaya Fund and the central government provides 100% financial assistance to the state governments /Union Territories administrations.
Source- PIB 

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