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DAUGHTERS OF FIRE
India Court of Women on Dowry and Related Forms of Violence against Women
Vimochana and Asian Women’s Human Rights Council India, in partnership with several women and human rights groups from different parts of the country, successfully held a national level Court of Women on Dowry and Related Forms of Violence in Bangalore, India from July 27 –29, 2009. A process as much as an event this court will through the year seek to gather together the experience, knowledges and analyses on the changing face of dowry and related forms of violence against women in today’s times that are embedded in the ethic of consumerism and materialism. Read Full >>
Dailiness of our work
Our interventions have been at multiple levels
Our interventions have been at multiple levels. In the dailiness of our work, they are at the deeply personal level of listening to women who 
have been victims of various kinds of violence speak about their pain and trauma, and responding to them through the provision of shelter, counsel, legal, social and moral support. These interventions enable women to make choices that will allow them to live a life of dignity, free from violence. We also initiate negotiations with the family and community to harness their support in resolving the problem, and try to facilitate justice through the police stations and courts when all other options have been exhausted. Read Full >>