Delhi Police holds 8th winter camp and trains over 5000 girls, women in self defense

New Delhi, January 12

The Delhi Police in order to boost self-confidence among girls and women, self-defence training programmes are held for school and college students, RWA’s and BPO employees.  

The 8th winter Camp-2023-24 was organized at five different venues across Delhi namely PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gole Market, Sejal Paramount Public School Sabhapur  village, PM Shri Kendirya Vidhyalya, No.1, Delhi Cantt, Green Valley International, School, Najafgargh and Dav, Model School, Shalimar Bagh. 

A total of 5924 girl students participated and benefitted from the self defence camp in which one senior citizen Bhwani Singh (49) and Baby Sharish Fatima (4) also participated. During the winter camp nukkad natak and grnder sensitization programmes were also conducted at all venues.

The SPUWAC (Special Unit for Women and Children) of Delhi Police began the self-defense training in the year-2002 with an aim to empower women through demonstration and training in techniques of martial arts.  

In addition, the girls are being trained how to make use of things like dupatta, pen & Handbags to protect themselves from attacks by anti-social elements, chain or bag snatching, criminal assault etc.  The training helps in building up the self-esteem of women so that they do not feel vulnerable & humiliated.  

More than 5,46,662 girls/women have been trained through this initiative by SPUWAC, including 39,607 girls were trained in 2022.

The officials said that after receiving lots of appreciation from society and looking at the success of these self defense training programmes besides routine camps held from time to time, the annual summer and winter camps are also organized by this Unit during summer & winter vacations all over Delhi at different venues.

The closing ceremony of the camps was held in the presence of K. Jegadesan IPS, Special CP, SPUWAC & SPUNER whobwas chief guest of PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gole Market, New Delhi, P. N Khrimey, Jt. CP/ SPUWAC & SPUNER. 

The officials said that the endeavour of Delhi Police is to ensure that the women of the city are not only safe and secure but, also empowered in every sense of the word and the Special Police Unit for Women and Children is working towards this goal.