RAHI - India

RAHI puts survivors who wish to meet with a therapist in touch with the appropriate person through a network of psychologists, psychoanalysts and counsellors that provide a safe, supportive, and confidential space. Group support, like psycho-educational groups for new survivors, is also offered.

In addition, RAHI conducts workshops on incest and sexual abuse and provides training for counsellors, individuals, and organisations working with women, children, and men. Research and documentation is another focus. RAHI's recent publication 'The House I Grew In' (2000) records the experiences of Indian survivors of abuse and incest. RAHI provides other information on incest and related issues in the form of brochures, books, articles, newsletters, and audio and video cassettes.

Women, Health, Rights.

The centre recently conducted a case study, ‘Voices from the Silent Zone' that involved 600 English-speaking women from middle- and upper-middle classes families in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta and Goa. The study indicated that, of the 76 percent of women who admitted they were sexually abused as children, 40 percent were survivors of incest. Incest is, by far, the most common but least discussed form of oppression that young girls suffer.