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Stress on combating cyber crime, violence against women

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Women urged not to reveal their identity, contacts while chatting on the net
Parents unaware of children being exposed to unpleasant exchange of information

TAMBARAM: Many victims of cyber violence suffer in silence, preferring not to approach law-enforcers, Inspector General of Police, Railways, Sanjay Arora, said at a seminar on violence against women held at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, recently.

The seminar, ‘Can women ever be safe?’ was organised by the Department of Public Administration of the college and Project Gender Issues of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.

Mr. Arora said so far this year, the city police had received nearly 90 complaints, many of them from women. Complaints ranged from abusive and anonymous messages (SMS) to obscene and threatening e-mails. The figures pertained only to those who boldly came forward to file a complaint with the city police and register cases against offenders, Mr. Arora said.

The senior police officer cautioned women not to reveal their phone numbers or addresses to unknown persons while chatting on the net.

Citing studies conducted on Internet-users, particularly teenagers and their parents, Mr. Arora said some parents were unaware that their children were exposed to unpleasant exchange of information through the Internet.

Project Gender Issues director Vasanthi Vijayakumar said the seminar was the beginning of a series of programmes.

The objective of the project — supported by UBCHEA — was to wake up minds to issues and problems relating to women and create awareness of gender discrimination at home and workplace and to tutor men and women on laws, to uphold their rights and protect their honour.

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