By challenging harmful gender norms in our everyday lives we can create perceptions, attitudes, and practices that are critical to bring gender justice and prevent gender abuse. In this episode, 3 community members, Jeet Kaul, Madhumitha Sowndararajan, and Jagannath Padmanabhan, had a deep discussion with our podcast host on addressing and identifying those constraints and challenges that have held back progress in eliminating gender-based violence in our community and how all of us can play a key role in eliminating oppressive patriarchal discourses and practices.  If all of us do our part we can end gender abuse and violence!

This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention.  www.sccendviolence.org

Presenting heartbreaking yet powerful and inspiring stories of those women who suffered relationship abuse but didn’t give up.  Preeti Malhotra and Lakshmi Karanth from Ahaana Silicon valley shared powerful and poignant survivor stories from their collection to send out a message that overcoming the trauma of relationship abuse and reclaiming self-identity is possible.

Listen to this episode and help in breaking the stigma. Please like, comment, and share widely.

This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention.  www.sccendviolence.org

3 South Asian Youth LGBTQ+ community members celebrated Pride Month with Maitri in this Maitri Podcast episode. Satchi Thockchom, Raveena, and Aurin Roy shared their thoughts on the intersectionality of relationship abuse and the LGBTQ+ movement, their personal experiences, pain, and hope with our host Nandini Ray. Listen to this podcast to be a better ally, and stand with the LGBTQ+ communities with pride!

Maitri Helpline: 1-888-8MAITRI | www.maitri.org

This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention. [Please link to our website: www.sccendviolence.org

#Pride #LGBTQ #SouthAsian

Mental health issues have frequently been perceived as nonexistent in our South Asian communities; we are least likely to seek help due to stigma until the situation reaches a level of crisis. To break the silence, 3 college students: Saniya Soni, Sapna Ramappa, and Ambar Mishra openly shared their perspectives and personal experiences with our host Nandini Ray.

Maitri Helpline: 1-888-8MAITRI | www.maitri.org

This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention.  [Please link to our website:  www.sccendviolence.org

In this episode, Shailaja Mahavadi and Ramadevi Bellamkonda discuss domestic violence in lockdown and share information and resources that can help in safety planning and in ending abuse, and guidelines on the community’s role in violence prevention.

Maitri Helpline: 1-888-8MAITRI | www.maitri.org

This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention.  [Please link to our website:  www.sccendviolence.org

South Asian teens are often confronted with cultural dilemmas, differences, and demands when exposed to competing cultural value systems of the East and the West. This is an ongoing challenge that many South Asian teens face and negotiate each day in the arena of personal and social affairs. Most of the time South Asian parents also share that tension as they suffer worrying or not even knowing what their children go through. In this episode, a South Asian mother-daughter team shared their personal experiences on how they had shortened the cultural gap by having respectful, open conversations and how they helped each other in establishing a trusted and healthy relationship between themselves.

Maitri Helpline: 1-888-8MAITRI | www.maitri.org

This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention.  [Please link to our website:  www.sccendviolence.org

In this episode, Shabana Ansari and Daman Tiwana discuss domestic violence in lockdown and share information and resources that can help in safety planning and in ending abuse, and guidelines on the community’s role in violence prevention.

Maitri Helpline: 1-888-8MAITRI

www.maitri.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233

safechatsv.org/

This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention.  [Please link to our website:  www.sccendviolence.org

In this time of the global pandemic, we are facing anxiety and uncertainty. For domestic violence survivors, it is adding extra layers of pain with threats of increased violence and abuse. Listen to this podcast to know how to take care of your mental health well-being, information on free and low-cost resources, and how to remove stigma in help-seeking. 

In this episode, our host Nandini Ray is in conversation with licensed therapist Sharon Pereira, LMFT and they discuss mental health wellness, effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Domestic Violence survivors, and also share some useful resources and tips for self-care. 

In this episode, Zakia Afrin and Nandini Ray discuss domestic violence in lockdown and share information and resources that can help in safety planning and in ending abuse, and guidelines on the community’s role in violence prevention.

Maitri Helpline: 1-888-8MAITRI

www.maitri.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233

https://safechatsv.org/