Understand what is happening
Start with ordinary words. Explore exact conduct, why it matters, when law may apply, safer next steps and what institutions must do.
Rights are also the power to build a full life
Explore freedom, education, work, money, health, food, housing, public voice, rest and other foundations of equality—not only what to do after harm.
Frequently needed guides
These are common starting points, not a ranking of whose experience matters most.
Domestic violence and coercive control
Violence at home is not limited to hitting. It can be a pattern of fear, surveillance, humiliation, sexual pressure, isolation or control over money, medicine, work and movement.Body safety, unsafe touch and child protection
Children need plain, shame-free teaching about body ownership, private parts, confusing behaviour, secrets, online contact and how to reach a trusted adult.Online grooming, image abuse and digital violence
Digital harm includes manipulation, impersonation, account control, stalking, threats, sexual extortion, non-consensual images, deepfakes and financial fraud.Consent, sexual violence and reproductive coercion
Consent must be voluntary and specific. Fear, pressure, intoxication, deception about the act, incapacity or abuse of power can make a situation non-consensual.Workplace sexual harassment and retaliation
Unwelcome sexual conduct, coercive requests, sexual remarks, hostile environments and retaliation can occur in formal, informal, public, private, domestic-work and remote-work settings.Abuse, neglect and control of older women
Older women can face violence, isolation, neglect, property pressure, pension theft, medicine withholding, caregiver abuse and exclusion from decisions.Browse by part of life
The full library is grouped by where power, harm or exclusion may appear. Every issue is included once.
Home, relationships and marriage
Control, dowry, forced marriage and practices used to restrict a woman or girl.
Dowry demands and related abuse
A demand does not become harmless because it is called a gift, custom, contribution or family expectation.Child marriage, forced marriage and honour-based control
Marriage is not freely chosen when a girl or woman faces threats, confinement, document control, emotional punishment or violence for refusing.Harmful practices, widow abuse and sex selection
A practice does not become safe or voluntary merely because it is customary, religious, family-approved or described as protection.Work, education, property and money
School and workplace conduct, equal pay, documents, inheritance and economic power.
Property, inheritance, money and identity documents
Economic independence includes control over earnings, bank access, pensions, property, stridhan, housing and personal documents.Safety and equality in schools, colleges and hostels
Education must not require girls and women to endure harassment, abuse, discriminatory rules, unsafe housing or retaliation for speaking.Equal pay, fair work and economic independence
Equality at work includes pay, hiring, promotion, social security, safe conditions, control over earnings and recognition of unpaid care.Public spaces, media and exploitation
Harassment, transport, trafficking and the culture that normalises unequal treatment.
Harassment, stalking and violence in public places
Women have the right to use streets, parks, markets and transport without being followed, touched, filmed, threatened or blamed for being present.Trafficking, forced labour and organised exploitation
Exploitation can begin with a job, marriage, travel, housing or modelling offer and become debt, threats, document control, forced labour or sexual exploitation.Media, culture and everyday misogyny
Repeated jokes, objectification, victim-blaming, erasure and hostile narratives shape whose pain is believed and whose freedom is treated as a problem.Health, dignity and equal access
Healthcare, reproductive freedom, disability and overlapping barriers to safety or justice.
Health, reproductive freedom and bodily dignity
Women and girls need respectful healthcare, understandable information, privacy, accessibility and meaningful participation in decisions about their bodies.Overlapping discrimination and unequal access
Gender harm changes when it overlaps with caste, tribe, disability, age, class, religion, language, gender identity, sexuality, occupation, migration or rural isolation.Voice, institutions and supporting others
Decision-making power, accountable services and practical support that protects choice.
Representation and decision-making power
Presence is not power when women are invited for appearance but excluded from budgets, agendas, votes, leadership and accountability.Getting help from police, courts, hospitals and complaint systems
A service route is a choice with possible benefits, delays, privacy costs and retaliation risks—not a guaranteed rescue or result.Supporting another woman without taking over
Good support believes her, protects confidentiality, respects her choices and remains available after the first conversation.Explore by life stage
Age changes language, duties and available routes. It never changes a person’s dignity.
Girls and children
Body boundaries, unsafe or confusing behaviour, trusted adults, schools, and online grooming—explained without shame or fear.Adolescents and young women
Consent, dating abuse, image-based harm, education, work, money, and choosing a life without moral policing.Women
Safety, relationships, work, health, property, public life, leadership, rest, and the freedom to decide.Older women
Property, pensions, caregiver abuse, medical consent, housing, digital fraud, companionship, and independent decision-making.Clear labels, not exaggerated claims
A situation can carry more than one label. These descriptions guide reading; they are not a judgment about an individual case.
- Emergency
- There may be immediate danger to life or safety.
- May be a crime
- The conduct may meet a criminal offence depending on the facts.
- Civil or protective remedy
- Protection, residence, compensation, maintenance, custody or another remedy may apply.
- Institutional violation
- A workplace, school, college, hospital or professional process may apply.
- Equality issue
- The issue may concern fair pay, opportunity, representation or exclusion.
- Harmful conduct
- The conduct is harmful even when it is not a separate offence by itself.