Women in the dark about violence law

HYDERABAD: About 85% of women in the state do not know anything about the DV Act. While 21% of women were referred to One Stop Crisis Centres (OSCC) through police, 20% came on their own and 10% through NGOs working in their area.
"Most women in Telangana wanted privacy for the family as cases have bigger impact on children. As a result, women said that they needed suggestions to change attitudes of their husbands and would rather take a counseller's help instead of approaching courts, which have long procedures," Bhumika Women's Collective's K Satyavati said.
The women also expressed that they did not want to lose their identity at any cost and were slowly gaining confidence to rebuild their lives with the available opportunities.
Filing case at OSCC was also a time-consuming task. But 15% of survivors were ready to file cases or have already filed them and were attending courts for trials.