See Part 1 of the series: "Is the Indian law on domestic violence fit for purpose?"
A sign hung at an Indian national conference on women's shelters reads 'Respect, not violence, is our human right.'
The women’s movement has long recognised that shelters and counselling are crucial to enable women to leave violent relationships and rebuild their shattered self-esteem, to imagine a new life and new self, free from the shackles of patriarchal demands, control and violence.
