Beyond Darkness: A Violence-Free Future

The Truth

Across India, only 14.2% of women facing domestic violence are able to seek help (NFHS-5, 2021). They are trapped by abuse and distant from peer-support & justice.

Your donation changes that.

Read about Dipti* to see how your support can turn a survivor's life around.

A Day in the Life of Dipti 

Dipti, Utthan’s para-legal volunteer, fights violence against women and young girls in Gujarat's villages, every day.

 But to support a woman/young girl, Dipti needs to be her sharpest, most prepared self.

When she touches base with a survivor, Dipti delivers maximum impact by providing

1. Emotional Support: She listens to the woman’s story, acknowledges her pain, understands the situation and family’s role.

2. Family Counseling: Dipti then counsels the family members and abusive stakeholders, the root cause of this violence. She informs them of legal consequences and changing patriarchal and violent thinking patterns. 

3. Legal Guidance: If counseling doesn’t work, Dipti, with her legal education and training, offers the survivor a legal way forward. 

4. Empowered Next Step: Dipti helps the woman/girl reimagine her future, build her self-image, and overcome social pressures. She connects the survivor with peer-support, governmental schemes and financial independence. If the survivor wants to take legal action, Dipti provides her with a network of lawyers, police and other officials.

Short Film: Watch Utthan at Work

Every rupee ensures a PLV's digital, legal, and emotional skills are more effective and efficient - meaning she can undertake more cases, handle legal and emotional complexity, document and follow-up digitally. 

 Dipti shouldn’t drop short. Many depend on her. 

 One Investment, Nine Impacts

You donate to reduce domestic violence, but your contribution has a boomerang effect. By funding this campaign, you empower PLVs like her to tackle the full spectrum of injustice:

1. Dowry Harassment
2. Witch labelling 
3. Physical and emotional abuse 
4. Injustice in Property & Inheritance
5. Child Marriage
6. Sexual Violence
7. Labour Harassment
8. Gender Discrimination
9. Police/Administrative Delays

When you fund a PLV's skilling, you fund the reduction of nine critical injustices.

Each donation of INR 6000 enables 3 more women to access the Para-legal Volunteer’s courage and expertise, lighting up a woman and her family's future.

What You'll Get:

1. 80G receipt (immediately, on your email ID)
2. 'Thank you' card with your photo: share it on your social media and encourage others to make a positive impact (please share your photo with us on pragati@utthangujarat.org)
3. An Interaction with Dipti, her team and the women they support.

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