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10.2004 - Source: UK Home Office
Women in police stations ("Country Report - October 2004") [#28325], [ID 7639]
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6.317 A report issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2003 on Human Development in Tamil Nadu notes that institutional structures including all-women police stations, free legal aid boards, family counselling centres and the State Commission for Women have been established. In addition several NGOs are working to prevent atrocities against women. The report further states, “Recognising that the attitude of the police is one of the barriers to institutional redress, the State Commission for Women has initiated gender sensitization of Tamil Nadu Police functionaries and legal literacy programmes for teachers with the support of NGOs."[18](p111) [...]"
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15.12.2003 - Source: BBC News
Tamil Nadu state: hundreds of supporters of the Dravida Munnetra Kazakham (DMK), the main opposition party in the state, arrested while protesting against an anti-terrorism law ("Arrests during Tamil Nadu protest") [#18227], [ID 7640]
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