Tag: VAW
Women lead the battle to ban alcohol in rural India
As dusk falls across the village of Paraghat in Chhattisgarh, women from the community gather around in large groups. Armed with long sticks and whistles, they walk around inspecting every corner for suspicious activities. This daily vigil has become an integral part of making sure that no one consumes alcohol...
One Billion Rising: A woman’s fight for her rights
February 10; Nanded, Maharashtra Ashatai Lukman, after three years of married life, was beaten and thrown out of the house by her husband Ganesh. As she returned to her father’s house, her husband married another woman. Ashatai, a single woman, raised her son and managed to pay for her education....
Paying the price for my husband’s violence
“I was punched in the face and beaten up…I was beaten on my back with an iron rod,” Mirabai recounts her husband’s violent acts toward her. The police did nothing to protect her. The same night her drunken husband murdered the neighbour. Only then did the police act. Had they...
Raise your voice. Stop Rape Now.
There’s a battle outside And it is ragin’ It’ll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin’. ‘Rape’ has become a much-debated word in the equality rights lexicon today. Television talk shows, people’s movements, art, music, films, candle-lit vigils, society and the social media are abound...
Surviving Domestic Violence
“The first year of my marriage was happy… For the next eight years, grave acts of violence were committed against me by my husband and in laws”, says Shivba Manohar who has, with her two children, left that hellish nightmare behind. Community Correspondent Shanti Yevtikar brings you her story from...