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Para 112) A 24x7 toll free Women Helpline has been established throughout India to facilitate crisis and non-crisis intervention to women seeking support, which assisted over 7 million beneficiaries. National level Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences has been established to monitor and track time-bound investigation in sexual assault cases. National level database on sexual offenders was launched in 2018 to facilitate investigation and tracking of sexual offenders across the country by law enforcement agencies. A cyber-crime portal has also been launched for citizens to report obscene content. In order to make public transportation safe for women, Indian Railways has approved a plan to install Internet Protocol (IP) based Video Surveillance System at stations. Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/Other Crimes, 2018 provides for compensation to women victims of identified gender-based crimes and victims of child sexual abuse. SheBox, an online complaint management system has been established, to provide a single window access to every woman for registration of complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace.
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Para 38) JS11 stated that many Adivasi/Tribal women in the custody of the police or other authorities were raped or sexually abused.
Para 123) JS19 stated that a significant proportion of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes women consistently faced verbal abuse, physical assault, sexual harassment and assault, domestic violence and rape, sexual exploitation, forced prostitution, kidnapping and abduction, forced incarceration and medical negligence.
Para 124) JS9 stated that long delays in investigation and trial of rape cases had a serious impact on access to justice for survivors of sexual violence.
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