Women's Network must collaborate with One-Stop Crisis Management Center to bring results in reducing violence— Deputy Mayor Dangol
Push 9, 2081 , Kathmandu.
Social relations are as important as food. There are also a number of people who feel lonely in the city—Deputy Mayor Dangol.
'Women's Network needs to work in collaboration with One-Stop Crisis Management Center to reduce gender-based violence.' Talking to the coordinators and members of the network regarding the effectiveness of reducing violence against women, Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Sunita Dangol said, 'People who are suffering need psychosocial counseling along with health treatment and legal treatment.' This service is available through collaboration with the center.
The Role of One-Stop Crisis Management Centers
OCMC is a service that provides treatment, administrative action processes, legal assistance, and hospital space in cases of violence. There are such centers in 5 hospitals in Kathmandu. Women, children, and men who have suffered from problems caused by economic, physical, or sexual violence, rape, and other social causes and who have been affected by the incident come to the centers. They are provided with health and medical services, psychosocial counseling, safe housing and housing services, legal support, and livelihood services.
The Women’s Network Operation Procedure 2079 was implemented by Kathmandu Metropolitan City to ensure quick access to justice for women facing violence, discrimination, and injustice. During the interaction, Dangol warned against bureaucratic delays:
‘Files that have been reconciled by the network or attempts to reconcile but have not been reconciled should be sent to the center immediately. If the file is stuck in the ward, the victim will suffer more. The perpetrator will receive help. Justice becomes burdensome. We should not make our processes and conduct like this.
She stressed that unresolved or escalated cases should be promptly forwarded to OCMCs or judicial bodies.
‘In the network formed under the coordination of ward women members, Dalit women members have been given the responsibility of managing the reconciliation center.’ Talking about the mechanism of the network and the responsibilities it has given, Basanta Acharya, Head of the Law and Human Rights Department, said, ‘This is different from other procedures. Others have made arrangements to punish the perpetrator. It has made arrangements for the rehabilitation of the victim, compensation, capacity development for livelihood, socialization, etc.
It is not enough to just feed a person. He needs social relationships. There are also disputes motivated by self-interest. Some disputes are created due to ignorance. The tide of family disputes is also thick. During the discussion, the coordinators and members of the network were informed about the ward-specific situation.
In the reconciliation centers operating in the ward, reconciliation should be conducted by mediators. Parties should be drawn out, and reconciliation sessions should be conducted on time. Reconciliation should be conducted according to the prevailing values and norms of reconciliation. Such a letter of agreement should be prepared in a format such as language, paper, and identification.
There is a provision for monitoring and supervision of the activities carried out by the network by the deputy chief.