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Title: WEAVING CIRCLES OF SUPPORT: AN EXPLORATION OF GENDERBASED VIOLENCE MITIGATION IN THE LOCALIZED INDIAN CONTEXT
Authors: Varini Gupta
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Varini Gupta United World College of South East Asia-East Campus
MLA 8 Gupta, Varini. "WEAVING CIRCLES OF SUPPORT: AN EXPLORATION OF GENDERBASED VIOLENCE MITIGATION IN THE LOCALIZED INDIAN CONTEXT." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 8, Aug. 2021, pp. 2853-2858, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i08.020. Accessed Aug. 2021. APA 6 Gupta, V. (2021, August). WEAVING CIRCLES OF SUPPORT: AN EXPLORATION OF GENDERBASED VIOLENCE MITIGATION IN THE LOCALIZED INDIAN CONTEXT. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(8), 2853-2858. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i08.020 Chicago Gupta, Varini. "WEAVING CIRCLES OF SUPPORT: AN EXPLORATION OF GENDERBASED VIOLENCE MITIGATION IN THE LOCALIZED INDIAN CONTEXT." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 8 (August 2021), 2853-2858. Accessed August, 2021. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i08.020.
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Abstract: Gender based violence is on the rise throughout the world, despite national legislation and international efforts to address the issue. Policy makers and those attempting to understand future efforts, must take cognisance of the fact that gender based violence relies heavily upon cultural norms and societal attitudes that validate, encourage or condone violence. This in turn contributes to a lack of documentation like reporting, providing medical and emotional assistance to survivors, therefore internalising the violence that occurs. Due to this it is imperative that interventions combating gender based violence focus not only on penalization, but through community based intervention and informal social networking that allow the issue to be addressed from a grassroot level. This paper will examine gender based violence in India, and the benefits of existing community based interventions whilst arguing that there must be a combination of state support and non-institutional support to effectively monitor, evaluate, and address the issue of gender based violence in a culturally sensitive manner

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