PARI series on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

Crimes against women wear many faces, as these stories on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) show us. Sex work, migration, gender-affirmation surgery and a policewoman’s fight for justice against her superior officers, feature here. Underlying all this are patriarchal norms of how women must behave, the normalisation of violence against females, and the trafficking of young girls under the guise of ‘love’. What the law and how it says it, and how long it takes to move, is also covered across the spectrum of gender crimes. A short series by PARI, along with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/ Doctors Without Borders, India

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In the line of duty

When constable Damini was allegedly raped at work by three people, including her superior police officer, she was faced with a system rigged against her. This is the story of her ongoing fight for justice

October 23, 2024 | Jyoti

‘They would keep me barefoot’

Trafficking victim Kajri pieces together the last 10 years of her life. Her father seeks help from lawyers, the police and courts, but no one is listening

September 10, 2024 | Jigyasa Mishra

'I don't want to go home'

Sexual and gender-based violence is often inflicted by relatives and known people. That's what happened to Komal, a young girl from Assam who finally 'escaped' to the brothels of Delhi. Rescued for the second time in her life, the police are sending her back home where her alleged rapist lives

August 27, 2024 | Pari Saikia

Sumit’s journey to meet himself

Sexual and gender-based violence can manifest in many forms. From familial resistance to endless medico-legal red tape, Sumit has traversed an arduous journey to reclaim his gender identity, and he has miles to go

April 09, 2024 | Ekta Sonawane

In Banswara: domestic ties that bind and gag

In Kushalgarh tehsil, Diya, a 19-year-old Bhil, was kidnapped, held hostage, made to work, violently abused, abandoned and then allegedly gangraped when she tried to protest against her situation. A number of cases like hers, are blurring the lines between trafficking and smuggling of young girls, under the cover of marriage

February 26, 2024 | Priti David

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PARI series on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

Crimes against women wear many faces, as these stories on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) show us. Sex work, migration, gender-affirmation surgery and a policewoman’s fight for justice against her superior officers, feature here. Underlying all this are patriarchal norms of how women must behave, the normalisation of violence against females, and the trafficking of young girls under the guise of ‘love’. What the law and how it says it, and how long it takes to move, is also covered across the spectrum of gender crimes. A short series by PARI, along with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/ Doctors Without Borders, India

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