Rekha’s Story
CATEGORY: OPERATION PEACEMAKER Rekha’s Story Rekha had been trapped in an abusive relationship with her husband since before her marriage. He had been pursuing her
September 7, 2020
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What is the issue?
33% of ever-married women face domestic violence in their own homes*. 42% of men and 52% of women believe that this is normal*.
Undervaluing of girls, cultural acceptance of controlling and abusing women, and pressure to stay quiet in order to protect family reputation cause the cycle of abuse to go unchecked. 86% of women will never even speak about the abuse they face*.
(*National Family Health Survey -4, 2015-2016)
How Operation PeaceMaker works
Operation PeaceMaker aims to reduce domestic violence in India through thousands of PeaceMakers who are trained in family and marriage counseling and all aspects of the Domestic Violence Act. Our innovative approach using local women has proven extremely successful across Telangana.
Operation PeaceMaker provides free counselling to survivors of abuse and their families. We provide counselling to the victim, the perpetrator as well as extended family in order to not just end the abuse, but break the cycle entirely. Couples and families who have found peace in their homes become advocates for change for their communities.
Lack of knowledge of legal rights is one of the main reasons that abuse is able to persist. We provide rights education to our clients, so they know what recourse is available. Should our clients need and want legal action, our team is able to provide free legal support.
PeaceMakers are the heart and soul of Operation PeaceMaker's work. A PeaceMaker is a local woman trained and hired to work within her own community providing in-field support to survivors of abuse. She goes door to door educating women on their rights and protections from abuse and help prevent abuse by running awareness workshops for whole communities and schools.
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How Domestic Violence is normalized?
Abuse and violence against women has become a behaviour that many of us acknowledge as wrong, but do not address. However, there are also a large group of people who think of it as completely normal and who do not see any reason to try an address it.
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