Attitude of ignoring crimes against women must end, says Arvind Kejriwal

The attitude of ignoring crimes against women has to end, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday as he exhorted men and boys to view ensuring the safety of women as their responsibility.

Unless the society realises its responsibility and brings a change from within, all efforts to make Delhi safer for women will go in vain, he said.

Kejriwal was speaking at a ceremony where he felicitated winners of the Delhi Commission for Women's (DCW) International Women's Day Awards.

He said he was thrilled to present the awards, especially to Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus drivers.

"The Delhi government is committed to adding more and more women bus drivers to the DTC bus fleet," he said.

He honoured 31 DTC women bus drivers.

On making Delhi safer for women, the chief minister said the DCW and the government are facilitators of women's safety and empowerment, but the society's support is needed to achieve the goal fully.

"As long as the society does not realise its responsi