• Airtel
  • Satymev Jayate
  • Powered By Axis Bank
Star Plus - Rishta Wahi, Soch Nayi
Stories of Change

Domestic Violence

Danger At Home

 
 
 
 
Share
 

Newfound courage

Counsellor Chitra Joshi says more women are now speaking out about domestic violence

Chitra Joshi is a counsellor and is in charge of Dilaasa, a crisis counselling centre for women survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault at Bhabha Hospital, Mumbai. Here, she talks about how the show gave some women the strength to share their stories of abuse.

“In the Domestic Violence episode, it was made very clear that women are not safe even in their homes, a place where they are supposed to be the safest.

I saw many women speaking about this issue in trains and buses, as well as in the counselling centre where I work. These women said that they salute those who came forward to share their stories of standing up against violence.

At our hospital, while some women referred to us by doctors seek help immediately, others come after months. There are women who deny the presence of violence in their lives but open up later. Three women came to us and told us that after seeing the episode, they gathered the courage to speak out. Even though this is a minuscule number, it says a lot.”

 
 

Comments

What are your views on the article featured here?

To Post a comment, kindly switch to Landscape view.

Related Articles

Supporting struggles

The show has strengthened movements for equality, feels activist Kamla Bhasin

read more

Show and tell

An organization uses clippings from the Domestic Violence episode to sensitize people about gender issues

read more

Survivor turns warrior

When Rashmi Anand spoke of surviving domestic violence, she inspired others to do the same

read more