{"id":53622,"date":"2025-09-10T21:06:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=53622"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:09:18","slug":"nari-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-09-2025\/nari-2025","title":{"rendered":"National Annual Report &amp; Index on Women\u2019s Safety (NARI) 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS1\/ Society, GS2\/ Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>National Annual Report &amp; Index on <strong>Women\u2019s Safety<\/strong> (NARI) 2025<\/strong>, released by the National Commission for Women (NCW), provides a city-wise ranking of women\u2019s safety in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key highlights from NARI 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Safest cities: <\/strong>Kohima, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Itanagar, Mumbai.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Least safe cities:<\/strong> Patna, Jaipur, Faridabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Srinagar, Ranchi.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The national safety score<\/strong> was pegged<strong> <\/strong>at<strong> 65 per cent,<\/strong> serving as the benchmark for assessing city performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In 2024, 7 per cent of women<\/strong> experienced harassment in public spaces, while the figure rose to 14 per cent among women under the age of 24, indicating <strong>greater vulnerability in younger demographics.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Neighbourhoods (38 per cent) <\/strong>and <strong>public transport (29 per cent)<\/strong> emerged as the most reported hotspots of harassment for women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Only 25 per cent<\/strong> of women expressed confidence that authorities would act effectively on complaints related to safety and harassment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Barriers to Gender-Safe Cities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Institutional and governance deficits:<\/strong> Multiple agencies functioning in silos, leading to weak enforcement of women\u2019s safety measures.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Slow judicial response: Delayed investigations and prolonged trials dilute deterrence, allowing repeat offences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transport vulnerabilities:<\/strong> Overcrowded buses, unsafe last-mile connectivity and limited female staff in transport services increase insecurity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Under-reporting:<\/strong> Only one in three women report incidents, reflecting both social stigma and weak trust in authorities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Persistence of patriarchal norms:<\/strong> Social attitudes trivialise harassment and often shift blame to women, discouraging complaints.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Over-reliance on data: <\/strong>Official statistics fail to capture perception-based insecurities, which remain invisible in policy frameworks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Government Initiatives for Women Safety<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-02-2022\/nirbhaya-fund\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-02-2022\/nirbhaya-fund\">Nirbhaya Fund<\/a>:<\/strong> Ministry of Women and Child Development has established the fund for financing safety projects across the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SHe-Box Portal: <\/strong>Launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Sexual Harassment Electronic Box (SHe-Box) is an initiative to provide a single-window platform for women to register workplace sexual harassment complaints.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is accessible to all women, regardless of their work sector (organized\/unorganized, public\/private).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/19-03-2022\/sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace-prevention-prohibition-and-redressal-act-posh-act\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/19-03-2022\/sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace-prevention-prohibition-and-redressal-act-posh-act\">Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013<\/a>, <\/strong>applies to all women, regardless of age, job type, or work sector.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It mandates employers to create an Internal Committee (IC) in workplaces with over 10 employees, while the Appropriate Government sets up Local Committees (LCs) for smaller organizations or cases against employers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"c4c3e0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/important-initiatives-for-women-safety.webp\" alt=\"important initiatives for women safety\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-53643\" style=\"--dominant-color: #c4c3e0; width:489px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/important-initiatives-for-women-safety.webp 571w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/important-initiatives-for-women-safety-300x211.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Way Ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Short-term Measure:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Integrate 24&#215;7 women helplines <\/strong>with local police, ambulance and municipal services for coordinated response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conduct rapid compliance audits of POSH arrangements <\/strong>in large employers and publish anonymised compliance statuses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medium-term measure:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Make gender audits mandatory<\/strong> under central urban schemes and link city grants to measurable safety indices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Upgrade public transport<\/strong> with mandatory CCTV, grievance redressal timelines and operator accountability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Long-term Measure:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Launch multi-year gender-sensitisation programmes<\/strong> across schools, colleges and workplaces with measurable behavioural outcomes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Embed gender-sensitivity<\/strong> in police training and evaluation, and promote men\u2019s programmes that challenge patriarchal norms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Invest in community-led safety initiatives<\/strong> that rebuild trust between citizens and institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/india-news\/nari-2025-index-ranks-kohima-safest-patna-least-safe-for-women-125082900254_1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The National Annual Report &#038; Index on Women\u2019s Safety (NARI) 2025, released by the National Commission for Women (NCW), provides a city-wise ranking of women\u2019s safety in India.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Key highlights from NARI 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Safest cities: Kohima, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Itanagar, Mumbai.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Least safe cities: Patna, Jaipur, Faridabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Srinagar, Ranchi.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The national safety score was pegged at 65 per cent, serving as the benchmark for assessing city performance.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">In 2024, 7 per cent of women experienced harassment in public spaces, while the figure rose to 14 per cent among women under the age of 24, indicating greater vulnerability in younger demographics.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-09-2025\/nari-2025\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm 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