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Delhi-NCR wants grassroot initiatives for women safety: Survey

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Most people in the national capital and NCR believe that a change in mindset of the society is crucial to ensure gender equality and initiatives at grassroot level will help abate incidents of violence against women, a recent survey has found.

Delhi-NCR has witnessed a spate in incidents of violence against women with the recent one being the alleged rape of a 27-year-old woman finance executive by a cab driver.

According to a study conducted by Market Xcel Data Matrix with sample size of 3,000 residents of Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon, comprising 51% men and 49% women, all of them were aware about the campaigns initiated by the government to emphasise on women safety.

About 72% respondents believe that a change in the mindset of the society is crucial to ensure gender equality. But 25% respondents believe that a change in mindset would not affect gender inequality.

95% people believe that emphasis on women safety would remove gender biasness and would also increase security.

On an individual level, 50% feel that by creating a 'society for women safety' in their locality would contribute to this drive.

Around 50% people feel that equal education right to women would help change the mindset to ensure women's safety, 25% also feel that equal status of male and female would help reducing gender inequality.

As many as 1,500 respondents hailed from Delhi, 750 from Gurgaon and 750 from Noida.

In what could be an alarming observation, only 13% of the total respondents believe that girls under the age of 18 years should not get married while only 8% said they would not take dowry at the time of marriage.

However, 87% respondents feel that building more toilets in the country would ensure women's safety. 

Among other initiatives of the Narendra Modi government which people in the national capital region are cent percent aware of include 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan', 'Namami Ganga' while majority feel the need for development in laying more emphasis on safety for women.

On the issue of increased traffic violations and the government's initiative on road safety, respondents said hike in fines to reduce traffic violations will make people more aware and avoid violating any traffic rule and would also prevent loss of innocent lives in accidents.

On E-rickshaws getting a green signal from government, while 89% respondents feel that this is an excellent pollution free alternative, cheap as well as affordable, 74% feel it will lead to chaos on roads and 67% said it will compromise with passengers' security.

More than 90% national capital residents also said that 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' would lessen instance of diarrhea, cholera, malaria and at an individual level 70% feel that by spreading awareness and educating people about cleanliness they can support this drive.

94% feel the need for more toilets in the country as a hygiene requirement and lack or insufficiency of water would make it more messy.

70% suggest RWA/Panchayats that regular cleanliness of public toilets should be practiced and around 95% feel that by laying emphasis on the public drinking water facility, water born diseases can be prevented.

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