Snehitha counsellors urge women facing domestic violence to reach out rather than suffer in silence

Snehitha, the Kudumbashree mission’s gender help desk, receives 17 cases of domestic violence so far in 2021 from Thiruvananthapuram district

A woman approached Snehitha, the Kudumbashree mission’s gender help desk, in the capital city seeking help for her elder child who had trouble sleeping. It turned out that her husband, an alcoholic, would not go to work. She was nagged for not bringing any dowry and subjected to domestic violence. The woman had eloped to be with her spouse, and felt she could not return to her mother. She even tried to end her life twice. Growing up in such a toxic environment, her elder child developed problems sleeping.