While sharing experiences of violence was a powerful step for women, accessing services and support often resulted in uncertainty, fear and disappointment Philippa Williams, Swarna Rajagopalan, Girija Godbole & Ruchira Goswami All the writers are members of the Surviving Violence research project. Visit: www.survivingviolence.org Just ahead of the International Day...
Swarna Rajagopalan (27th August 2021) The road to women’s professional aspirations has already been difficult. In a recession, will we deem women’s careers a lower priority than men’s? In conversations about safety, we assume all the dangers that women face lie beyond the threshold of the home....
Swarna Rajagopalan The National Commission for Women sounded an alarm in early April that domestic violence cases had spiked in just the first week of the COVID-19 lockdown, as had distress calls. This was echoed by the UN Secretary-General who used the term “shadow pandemic”. Since then, across...
Swarna Rajagopalan (2020) The pandemic has sent thousands of working women back to their homes, stripped of mobility, agency and livelihoods, and some into abusive environments. The road to gender equality has already been difficult; in a recession, will we deem women’s careers a lower priority...
Girija Godbole (2020) Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay. 29 April 2020 How many of us can even imagine living 24×7 under the same roof as one’s abuser, with the constant fear of what he (in rare cases she) might do next to hurt you? How...
Preeti Kamarkar (18 April 2020) https://www.loksatta.com/chaturang/coronavirus-pandemic-violent-face-of-lockdown-increase-in-domestic-voidance-dd70-2135110/ Originally published in Loksatta.com. Published in Marathi and English...