Women Against Violence

Gender-based violence is a manifestation of patriarchy and historically unequal power relations between men and women. According to estimates 1 in 3 women around the world has experienced either physical or sexual violence in her lifetime (WHO, 2013). In India 39 crimes against women are reported every hour (NCRB, 2016).

ActionAid India has been working on the issue of violence against women across its operational areas by ensuring safe spaces in communities, providing survivors of patriarchal violence with immediate relief and rehabilitation support.

Creating safe spaces

We work with the community, including boys and men, to create safe schools and safe public spaces in their village or bastis. Your help will ensure communities in more villages and bastis resolve to create safe spaces.

Relief and support to survivors of patriarchal violence

We work with village and basti level groups to provide survivors of violence with medical, psycho-social and legal support. Your help will ensure relief to more survivors of patriarchal violence.

Rehabilitation of survivors of patriarchal violence

We work with village and basti level groups to facilitate livelihood linkage to survivors of violence. Your help will ensure rehabilitation to more survivors of patriarchal violence.

Our Impact

Mobilizing Communities

Over 600 village and basti-level organizations have been created with a combined membership of more than 56,000 – most of whom are women. These groups create safe public places in their respective localities.

These groups work with the school management committee to spread awareness on child abuse and the need for ensuring the safety of children in schools.

Building Commitment

More than 12,000 boys and men have participated in training workshops on women’s issues.

Over 1,600 Gram Sabhas have passed resolutions seeking implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act and committing themselves to fighting patriarchal violence.

Creating Support Structures

Women leaders and women’s groups are the first to respond to and support survivors of patriarchal violence. They provide the much-needed immediate emotional and psychological support to the survivors.

ActionAid helps create women’s groups and draws out women leaders in the villages and bastis we work in. Over 6,000 women have been given leadership training in the past five years.

Following Up Cases

More than 11,000 cases of violence against women have been addressed through community mechanisms and nearly 14,000 cases have been filed with the authorities in the past few years.

Hundreds of survivors have been provided with psycho-social and legal support through one stop crisis centres in several states. Over 2000 child marriages have also been prevented in the past five years.

Rehabilitation

Our community-based women’s organisations help link survivors of violence with government provided rehabilitation schemes.

Women survivors of violence are the focus of mobilisation when collectives for livelihood operations in farming, fishing or other activities in the informal economy are organised.

More than 6,000 single women received titles to farming land.

Economic Independence

We have facilitated the formation of more than 430 collectives of women farmers and more than 120 collectives of fisherwomen.

In urban areas we have organised more than 13,000 women engaged in the informal economy into livelihood collectives with membership ranging from 10 to 25.

More than 7,800 women have also been provided skill training in the past two years.

How Is Your Money Spent

80%
of the donations we receive are used up in implementation of these initiatives on the ground.
13%
of the donations we raise are spent to strengten the support systems at various levels that help us in monitoring and evaluation of these initiatives.
7%
of the funds we raise are used up in activities that help us to mobilise resources that can guarantee a long term support to such initiatives.
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Creating safe spaces

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Relief and support to survivors of violence

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Rehabilitation of survivors of violence

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