Delhi: MSF supports survivors of sexual violence in the aftermath of coronavirus lockdown
February 8, 2021COVID-19 stresses led to a spike in violence for people living with their abusers In March 2020, to curb the spread of COVID-19, India joined several other countries around the world in imposing strict lockdown measures and redirecting health resources to meet the...
Read moreDelhi: Walk through MSF sexual and gender-based violence project
November 25, 2019Meet Dr Yashoda Kurra. She works as a medical doctor at MSF’s sexual and gender-based violence project in Jahangirpuri, Delhi. MSF SGBV project is a 24X7 clinic where MSF teams provide free-of-cost quality medical and psychological care to survivors of...
Read moreA SGBV survivor’s story: “He would come home drunk, beat me, urinate on my face and threaten to abuse me in worse ways.”
March 8, 2019A thin-framed Kamla* looked around, unsure whether she was at the right place, and hesitating whether to share her experience or not. This was the first time she was visiting MSF’s SGBV clinic on the recommendation of an MSF health...
Read moreTreating survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Delhi
February 6, 2019MSF in South Asia: Projects in South Asia Access campaign Connect with us UPDATE Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will close its sexual violence treatment centre in Delhi at the end of November. The Umeed ki Kiran (Ray of...
Read moreDelhi: Bringing medical care to victims of sexual and domestic violence in one of city’s biggest slum areas
March 8, 2018Shailja was three months pregnant when she first came to MSF SGBV project, a community-based clinic run by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in North West Delhi’s densely populated Jahangirpuri area. She looked anxious and confused. Like...
Read moreDelhi: “There needs to be a shift in the individual and in society to say no to violence”
October 10, 2017Virginia Lee is a counsellor from Australia who recently spent seven months working as a mental health coordinator in a community clinic in Delhi. The clinic offers medical and psychological care to survivors of domestic and sexual violence Incidents of...
Read moreMSF opens treatment centre for survivors of sexual and gender based violence
November 5, 2015Jahangirpuri (Delhi), November 5, 2015 – The international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), inaugurated a treatment centre for survivors of sexual and gender based violence, today in New Delhi. MSF SGBV clinic located at Mahendra...
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