In September 2022, Meghalaya minister Lahkmen Rymbui acknowledged an issue that many state residents were well aware of: crimes against women and children were on the rise.
To ensure the prevention of crimes against women, and their rehabilitation, One Stop Crisis Centres that deal with providing a range of services for violence-affected women, including police facilitation, legal counselling, psycho-social counselling, medical aid, and temporary shelter, have been set......