-‘My dad told me that even if I don’t eat for the next three days, I will be fine.’ -‘Talking about sex and body was such a bad thing at home, that even though my cousin made me uncomfortable, I couldn’t tell my parents. What if they would have blamed me?’ As a practising therapist...
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‘I come from a comparatively progressive family. Both my parents were high school teachers and most of their parenting lessons were adopted from the classrooms. As a result I grew up having conversations around safety, sexual abuse, understanding touches and all that with them. At the age of 12, when my classmates were awkwardly calling...
Read moreI always had a knack for reading fiction which I guess I inherited from my father. I particularly remember when I was in the 8th standard and he got me the entire set of ‘Feluda’ books- a detective fiction series. I kept these books along my bedside shelf, neatly organized with the rest of my many books....
Read moreUnder sexual violence and sexual crimes, child sexual abuse (CSA) is treated as one of today’s most serious public health problems. The prevalence of CSA among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children are noted to be substantially higher than it is among heterosexual populations. The prevalence of homophobia in Indian society leads to marginalization...
Read more“Why are you sad?’ ‘Did you expect that you would be married to him?’ ‘He didn’t rape you, did he?’ These are just three of many questions that have killed and mocked the complex emotions that accompany incest. I was a part of an emotional and sexual relationship from the age of 5 to 16...
Read moreOn Tuesday 16th April 2019 Prerana in partnership with UNICEF cordially invites you to the 6th edition of ‘POCSO on the Ground’ (POTG). The focus of this edition is to reflect on the scope and depth of the on-ground work of a support person under POCSO Act, 2012. From across districts of Maharashtra, individuals appointed as support persons in...
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