Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Punjab Police Launches Empowerment Campaign for Adolescent Girls
The Punjab Police has started a campaign for girls aged 12 to 18.
It aims to help them stay healthy, safe, educated, and confident.
The program will focus especially on girls who face poverty or other dangers.
It will also reach school dropouts, migrant families, girls with disabilities, and girls at risk of child labour or early marriage.
Experts will discuss physical and mental health, nutrition, and menstrual hygiene.
Girls will learn about laws, safety, money, technology, leadership, and careers.
The campaign will use health check-ups, training sessions, street plays, flyers, and short videos.
These materials will be available in Punjabi, Hindi, and English.
The Punjab Police launched an awareness and empowerment campaign for girls aged 12 to 18.
The initiative focuses on health, safety, education, and holistic development.
Priority will be given to vulnerable areas and girls facing poverty, migration, disability, child labour, or early marriage risks.
Modules will cover health, nutrition, menstrual hygiene, legal awareness, digital and financial literacy, leadership, and careers.
Outreach will include health check-ups, vocational training, street plays, flyers, and multilingual social-media videos.
- Who
- The Punjab Police, led for this initiative by Special Director General of Police Gurpreet Kaur Deo, along with administrative, medical, educational, and social stakeholder departments.
- What
- An inter-departmental awareness and empowerment campaign for adolescent girls aged 12 to 18.
- When
- The campaign was launched on Friday, September 18; a coordination meeting preceded the programme.
- Where
- Punjab, with a coordination meeting held at the Conference Hall, Ludhiana Police Lines.
- Why
- To promote girls’ health, safety, education, and holistic development, particularly in areas and communities where girls face greater vulnerability.
- Target group
- Adolescent girls aged 12 to 18 years
- Lead official
- Special Director General of Police Gurpreet Kaur Deo
- Priority communities
- Girls from economically weaker and migrant families, school dropouts, girls with disabilities, and those vulnerable to child labour or early marriage
- Key topics
- Health, nutrition, menstrual hygiene, legal and safety awareness, digital and financial literacy, resilience, leadership, and careers
- Outreach methods
- Health check-ups, vocational training, interactive flyers, nukkad nataks, and targeted short videos
- Languages
- Punjabi, Hindi, and English
- Meeting location
- Conference Hall, Ludhiana Police Lines