– Reaching out to women in distress through counselling, providing shelter and facilitating negotiated settlements.

– Focused public campaigns on specific issues of violence against women in all forms.

– Facilitating public action to mobilise public opinion on issues of injustice to women.

– Strengthening community support structures and women’s solidarity groups.

– Advocacy on issues related to women’s rights at local, national and international levels.

– A resource centre for gender training programmes facilitating processes of reflections and critical thinking on gender based discrimination and violence.

– Redefining public and political spaces through initiatives like Courts of Women.

Domestic violence is an all-pervasive phenomenon impacting all aspects of the victim’s life. The psychological, emotional, verbal and physical abuse is not only distressing but also has an impact on the psychological well- being and mental health of the victim/survivor.

The unprecedented outbreak of Covid -19 and the ensuing lockdown had a global effect that challenged communities across geographical boundaries. Compounded by intersecting inequalities – socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, caste, gender, sexuality, age, disability, the pandemic affected the livelihoods, health, and well–being of the structurally excluded people living on the periphery of the development to access resources. Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to special protection, the impacts of Covid 19 are exacerbated for women and girls. Highlighted in several reports, loss of jobs, increased unpaid care work by women, and work from home arrangements has exposed women to increased domestic violence and limited their access to sexual and reproductive health services.