A friend asked this morning, “Do these things happen in present times also?”
Having lived so far in a well-cultured and open-minded family in a metropolitan, isolated background, he had no idea about what happens in a house the very next street to his. And having studied and then worked out of his home for [...]
Sarita took the Breakthrough training in Nov’09. Before the training she had never heard of domestic violence or gender issue. She knew that women get beaten up but didn’t know how to articulate that as a rights violation and didn’t know what to do about it. After the training she felt empowered.
One of the direct [...]
4.35 pm – Ms. Vani took the stage again for the final session and sought insights from the participants. A couple of them aired their opinions and said the event was a great learning experience. Before the session came to an end, there was a group song on Sthree Shakti with very good lyrics.
I would [...]
We received this email directly from a victim of domestic violence in Abu Dhabi. She has been living with violence for long being beaten up in every few months. We are sharing her story with you, hoping somebody in her neighborhood would ring the bell and bring a halt. Unless somebody will come forward and [...]
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If someone dislocated your jaw in one of the many violent beatings they gave you, how would you like to try to live with them and win their love?
23 year old Neha committed suicide on January 1st. Her family alleged that her in laws “used to beat her up…” [Link] “Once she was beaten so [...]
25th November is the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”. In 1999, the General Assembly had designated November 25 as the day aimed at raising awareness about the plight of many women worldwide. On its 10th anniversary UN has launched a global campaign to end domestic violence against women. The campaign is [...]
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On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary the Ministry of Women and Child Development launched a nation wide campaign to address the issue of violence against women and spread the message of non-violence. Reportedly this 5 year program would cover the whole nation. 25 women panchayat members have been taken on oath as Ahmisa [...]
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I got married at a very young age when I was still in college. First one month of the marriage everything was normal. We had lots of visitors coming over and were also invited at various relatives’ places. It was a lot of fun.
Then it was my first birthday after wedding and my parents had [...]
I was going through the story of a friend of mine whose sister is facing domestic violence. It has been 3 years since her marriage and the violence began just 3 months after the marriage. Coincidentally, he shared this story with me soon after I had finished reading a paper on the relation of dowry [...]
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