The news of our Anti-dowry campaign has reached India, Punjab. This should start to make an impact on the perpetrators who demand dowry, take the gifts and cash and then abandon their new brides in Australia or leave them behind in India, without any care or concern for that human being. Read the article in […]
Continue readingACHRH Tribute to Minister Fiona Richardson
Fare thee well! Minister Fiona Richardson, Australia’s First Minister for Prevention of Family Violence. We are sad to loose you so early. “The Australasian Centre for human rights and health was honoured to work with you , and receive your support . We pledge to keep up your campaign for gender equality and work towards […]
Continue readingRecovering from stress of family domestic violence
Domestic violence is a situation where the victim lives in a state of constant fear and threats to her (or his) life. Not only does it lead to erosion of self-esteem, and helplessness domestic violence induces a state of constant stress and fear. What is stress? Chronic fear leads to chronic state of […]
Continue readingWedding day should be a happy day
And then life is happy ever after. Sometimes it does and sometimes dreams do not come true. One year ago Natak Vihar, a community theater produced by the Australasian Centre for Human Rights and Health, written by 20 volunteers of South Asian communities was performed by the same volunteer actors in front of the same […]
Continue readingThree dangerous words in Melbourne
A woman told me she was pregnant 2 years back with her baby girl – now a cute 2 years toddler. She said she had an ultrasound by her doctor. She is a modern educated woman and she had no interest in finding out the sex of the baby. But he demanded to know the sex. […]
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