domestic violence

A Day at a One Stop Centre in Delhi

The wave of the massive Nirbhaya protests in 2015 prompted the government to set up 36 One Stop Centres (OSCs), one for every state and UT, on a pilot basis. Today, there are 819 operational OSCs across the country. OSCs are meant to integrate victim-survivor’s access to different mechanisms of justice such as police, hospitals and courts, while also providing emergency shelter and psycho-social counsellings.

Documentary on Violence

This Documentary on Violence Explores the Social Geographies of Compromise in Women’s Lives

When filmmaker and doll maker, Hansa Thapliyal, worked with The Third Eye’s Learning Lab on creating a mixed media film out of the recordings of workshops for the Caseworker’s Dictionary of Violence, she asked, “Will I be able to go where these voices are?” Hence emerged Kya Hai Yeh Samjhauta? which works with the material of the everyday, scraps of cloth, needle thread and the timbre of human voices to bring alive the technicolour landscape in which womens’ compromises rest.

witch hunting

How to do a Survey on Witch-Hunting?

“How to ask a woman whether she has been called a daayan?” This was the first question that came to the minds of 46 women who were assigned the task of surveying those who have been victims of witch-hunting in Bihar. In the state of Bihar, as in Assam, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha, witch-hunting is an open secret.

witch hunting

Sp. Feature: Bayen – An Audio Story

“Baba, how does one become a Bayen (witch)?” Bhagirath asks his father Malinder near the dead lake as the shadow of his estranged mother looms over him. The recollecting of who his mother was and how she was ostracized as a witch from the Dom community in this story by Mahasweta Devi, is the unfolding of the myth of Bayen and the reality of witch-hunt.

Meet The Caseworkers: Episode 8, Manju Soni

Meet Manju Soni from Banda, Uttar Pradesh. Manju has been working with Vanangana NGO since 2000 and for the past five years has been working as a caseworker in the organisation, focused on gender-based violence cases.

Meet The Caseworkers: Episode 6, Kusum

In this episode, meet Kusum from Mahrauni, Uttar Pradesh. Kusum has been working with Sahjani Shiksha Kendra since 2008. Knowledge has strengthened her and she has a strong understanding of the law.

Meet The Caseworkers: Episode 5, Rajkumari Prajapati

In this episode, meet Rajkumari Prajapati from Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. In 2008, 19-year-old Rajkumari joined Sahjani Shiksha Kendra as a teacher, where she taught girls and women in a residential school. Since then, she handles cases as a caseworker and also makes films with The Third Eye.

“I can’t go back to my father’s house.”

What is a samjhauta? It is a decision made to wrap up disputes, in a way that ensures everything goes smoothly in the future. In my opinion, a samjhauta could turn out to be either successful, or utterly unsuccessful.

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