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XNew Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi on Saturday said 854 one-stop centres for women have been established across India with the help of the Nirbhaya Fund to provide shelter, counselling, medical aid, and legal assistance to survivors of violence.

Devi was addressing the two-day National Annual Stakeholders' Consultation on 'Safeguarding the Girl Child: Towards a Safer and Enabling Environment for Her in India' organised by the Supreme Court's Juvenile Justice Committee in collaboration with UNICEF India.

The event coincided with the International Day of the Girl Child, which, the minister said, made the discussion "particularly meaningful".

Devi noted that 56 per cent of legally adopted children in India last year were girls, reflecting a shift in so

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