In a city of close to 17 million, the Women\u2019s Helpline \u201c181\u201d has only 3 phones and the supervisor still says that they can handle 70% of the calls<\/em>.\u00a0 One, he is clearly fibbing his way to an overly optimistic performance.\u00a0 Two, irrespective of what he wants to portray, this is NOT enough.\u00a0 Thankfully, the staff is now all-women one from the all-male staff a few weeks back.\u00a0 But, it is NOT ENOUGH!\u00a0 Is this a pretense .. a drama or a real thing.. a serious attempt to help the women in distress in the capital?\u00a0 As of now, given the resources thrown at this and the whole effort being undertaken, this seems more like a \u201chalf-hearted\u201d effort to ward off criticism in the wake of the Delhi Gangrape and the focus on women because of that.<\/p>\n Its good that NDTV actually investigated and pushed back on this agency when they found the all-male staff, but it is not enough. Sheila Dixit and all others who are responsible for this \u2013 need to be made accountable for it!<\/p>\n As is being said here \u2013 Stalking in the evening seems to be the most common complaint.\u00a0 And, that underscores the need for greater resources and ability to conduct swift backup operations to help the lady in distress.\u00a0 Bottomline:<\/strong> <\/span>We need MUCH more than this for the Helpline service!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a city of close to 17 million, the Women\u2019s Helpline \u201c181\u201d has only 3 phones and the supervisor still says that they can handle 70% of the calls.\u00a0 One, he is clearly fibbing his way to an overly optimistic performance.\u00a0 Two, irrespective of what he wants to portray, this is NOT enough.\u00a0 Thankfully, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":22686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,82],"tags":[122,989,3744],"class_list":["post-22685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-women_s_rights","tag-122","tag-delhi","tag-women-helpline"],"yoast_head":"\n