Creating a rights advocate
When we began with the idea we thought it would be just another programme, just another training. But when it began, it never seemed to end and it became bigger than the idea itself. You must be wondering, what the hell I am talking about! Well I am going to share with you a unique [...]
The Ugly Facet
Domestic Violence remains a pre dominant problem because of lack of express protection of the women under the law. with the coming of the domestic violence Bill too there doesnt seem to be a stop to the violence being perpatrated on the women and what is needed is effective enforcement of the rules and the [...]
FIGHT-BACK
There are many people all over the world trying to reject gender-based violence in hugely creative and interesting ways. Zubin Driver is one such man and Fight-Back is the innovative campaign. Fight Back was started by the male employees of Cell 18 led by Zubin Driver (though the campaign is a personal initiative) after the [...]
Women in congo speak out
Here’s a story from the New York Times that’s very much worth reading. I am heartened – though there’s still a long, long way to go – that survivors of the worst form of sexual brutality are speaking out. It’s a shame that it took international intervention to enable the victims to learn to deal [...]
Domestic violence and social advertising
I have expressed my views on this campaign here
Effect on children
Domestic Violence, quite obviously, has a serious impact on the wife who is battered and flung about the house daily. However, the trauma is not faced by the woman alone; even the children and teenagers face serious emotional trauma. Studies have shown that at a younger age, the children tend to blame themselves for all [...]
Sati – motivated by love or desperation?
October 14th 2008. For every step we take forward, we seem to take two backwards in this country. What on Earth would possess a woman to jump into her husband’s funeral pyre? Just a few days ago, a 71-year-old woman in Raipur jumped into her husband’s funeral pyre, according to news articles. BR Mandawi, the [...]
Media and Man-Woman relationship
In conversation with Geetali V.M., Mukund S. N., Utpal Chandavar and Manaswini Lata Ravindra; compiled and edited by Manaswini Lata Ravindra A Medium is nothing but a tool to express oneself. Media are of different types. Since ancient times, human beings have been expressing themselves in various ways. Some of these ways have been by [...]
Saatchi and Saatchi
Quite a bit has been done the world over, to raise awareness about the issue of domestic violence and the need to address it. From posters, to websites, radio jingles & tv spots – the issue of violence in the domestic space is no longer private. However the issue prevails and we all know that [...]
Solo Mia
I am not sure how widely known it is, but the movie “Solo Mia” (Spain, 2001) highlights the plight of a woman trapped in an abusive relationship. The couple marries, start a family, and the abuse comes abrubtly and without warning. The woman tries to escape, only to be trapped in a cycle that is [...]
