Know Your Rights

This section will provide you with basic information on the various forms of sexual and gender-based violence that persist and the freedoms and rights you are allowed to exercise throughout your life. 

List of Posts: 

The Basics

1. The Consent Guide: Everything You Need to Know

2. How Do I Know if I Have Been Sexually Abused? 

Forms of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence 

1. Sexual Assault Facilitated by Intoxicants

2. Economic Violence: Having No Control Over Your Financial Resources

3. Emotional Violence: A Pattern of Terror & Manipulation

4. Sexual Harassment: Perpetrating Fear, Intimidation, & Humiliation

5. Online Digital Violence: Becoming a Virtual Target

6. Rape: Unconsented & Unlawful Sexual Activity

7. Rape Culture: Normalizing Sexual Violence

8. Honor Killing: A Violation in the Name of Protection

9. Human Trafficking: Exploiting People for Profit

10. Femicide: An Epidemic for Women & Girls

11. Dowry: Paying Your Spouse to Get Married

12. Female Genital Mutilation: Forcefully Removing Female Genitals

13. Forced Prostitution: Coerced Sexual Slavery

14. Forced Sterilizations: Removing a Person's Ability to Reproduce

15. Forced Marriage: Married Against Your Will

16. Acid Attacks: Having a Corrosive Substance Thrown At You

Vulnerable Populations

1. Child Abuse

2. Corrective Rape: Targeting LGBTQIA+

3. Sexual and Gender-Based Violence of the Differently Abled

Indian Laws Relevant to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

1. Your Rights: Intimate Partner Relationship & Marriage

2. Your Legal Rights

International Human Rights Laws Relevant to India & Violence