The work at the crisis intervention centre involves responding to survivors of violence and abuse. We envision that our centre would enable us to systematically reach out, respond, and offer support to the survivors of any form of gender-based violence.

Our work with survivors of domestic violence for the last 42 years have made us realize the lack of mental health services available to support survivors and their mental health. We have realized that abuse and violence scars the psyche of a person and the journey of healing is a long and difficult one.

Our team’s work at the burns ward of Victoria Hospital started in 1997 with a study titled ‘The Unnatural Death of Women’. This study found out that about 1200 women were dying unnaturally every year in the city of Bangalore alone. Out of this figure 70% of the women were dying by burning in sudden and suspicious circumstances.

Another important part of our work includes ‘Training’. Our work in training the first responders dates back to 2003. We started with training the police in the laws around women. Having conducted several training programs for over fifteen years, we aim to continue to develop gender sensitive modules to train the first responders of cases on gender based violence

Section 498A of the Indian Constitution criminalizes cruelty towards a married woman by her husband or his relatives. It was passed in 1983 to curb the increasing number of dowry deaths.