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Migrant Indian women often face unique challenges when it comes to reporting abuse and accessing support. They may have limited knowledge of the legal system, language barriers, or fear of deportation if their partner has sponsored their visa. Indian Ladies UK plays a key role in breaking down these barriers by offering bilingual services, culturally competent support, and by informing women about their legal rights, including the ability to seek protection through various immigration provisions available in the UK.
Under the plans unveiled by Home Office, survivors will be given one-off payments of £250, rising to £500 if they have children, following the £300,000 announcement by the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman. It came after the research by Women’s Aid found that almost three quarters of women living with and having financial links with abusers […]
The government’s landmark and long-overdue Domestic Abuse Bill has passed through the House of Commons. While it has – quite rightly – addressed a vast majority of issues surrounding domestic violence, including such evils as coercive control and protection of children who witness domestic abuse the government has once again left the fortunes of migrants, […]
“How did you permit your unmarried daughter to work and settle abroad?”. In a single question to my mother, a “well-meaning” relative bluntly articulated the mind-set, deeply ingrained within patrilineal family structures of Indian society, that women exist only in relation to a man and without a husband she is but a ship without sails. […]
From Trump to Brexit by way of Boris Johnson, the Straits of Hormuz and extreme weather caused by climate change, good news is in short supply at the moment. The eternal optimists will say that it is the sort of time when we should focus on the small victories and celebrate the silver linings. And […]
Indian Ladies UK deals with a depressingly wide range of stories of abuse of women both here in the UK and in India on a daily basis – From the overtly physical domestic violence that leaves victims physically bruised and mentally scarred for life to more subtle mental and emotional abuse meant to deconstruct a […]
A mother from Mumbai has spoken of her grief and feelings of helplessness and has appealed for find justice for herself and her 7-year-old daughter after her bigamist husband Shannon Machado left her in limbo in India and fled to Europe. In yet another example of arguably one of the most insidious forms of abuse […]
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