NIRBHAY RAHO

NEWS: Three-day national Training of Trainers (ToT) program àUnder the Ministry of Panchayati Raj

About Nirbhay Raho Initiative

  • Focused on legal provisions for women’s securityà major step forward for the Ministry’s newly launched ‘Nirbhay Raho’ initiative.
  • The ‘Nirbhay Raho’ Initiativeà National gender-responsive governance and grassroots capacity-building program.
  • Structurally funded and implemented through the Union Government’s non-lapsable Nirbhaya Fund, transforming local self-governments into active protective anchors for women.
  • Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.

Aim

  • To eliminate grassroots gender-based discrimination+ violence by building inclusive, responsive, and women-friendly Panchayats.
  • Seeks to equip local rural leaders with deep legal literacy, survivor-centered focus, and first-responder capabilities to guarantee safety and access to justice across rural India.

Key Features

Framework designed to address infrastructure, leadership, and cultural mindsets:

  • Nirbhay Netri (Empowering Female Leadership)à Focuses entirely on the intensive training, capacity building, and legal awareness of 14.5 lakh Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) to help them confidently handle local security challenges.
  • Nirbhay Chetna (Sensitizing Male Peers)à Aimed at sensitizing 17.5 lakh Male Elected Representatives across India, breaking down patriarchal biases, and involving male leaders in local gender-equality and safety campaigns.
  • Nirbhay Drishti (Surveillance Infrastructure)à Enhances technology-enabled safety infrastructure by funding the installation of CCTV security cameras at strategic rural locations within Gram Panchayats.
  • Targets a combined national footprint of over 32 lakh elected Panchayat representativesà making it one of the largest rural outreach programs for public safety.
  • Combines core legal training on domestic violence, child marriage, cyber safety, victim compensation, and local referral reporting networks.
  • Uses a dynamic Training of Trainers (ToT) approach, where master trainers use practice-oriented simulations, moot courts, and role-plays to pass knowledge down to state, district, and block levels
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