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. […]
Continue readingDomestic violence causes mental ill-health and poor physical health
Parvathi (not her real name) fainted at work and was taken to the Hospital Emergency. She was suffering severe palpitations, pain in chest, inability to breathe and she thought she was dying. She was diagnosed as suffering Panic Attacks. She had more admissions to the Hospital with Panic Attacks. She was referred to consult me. […]
Continue readingOrange the World says UN women
End violence agains women. This year’s theme to mark the International Day to End Violence against Women and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is “Orange the World – raise funds to end violence against women”. The colour orange symbolizes a better future without this pervasive human rights violation that affects 1 in […]
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