2006 - Manavi

Volume XVII, Issue 1
December 2006
Manavi’s Annual Dinner
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Manavi’s Annual Dinner
By Aisha Ijaz & Renu Singal
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Jersey City Silent March
By Urjasi Rudra
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The Truth About H-4
By Urjasi Rudra
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Statistics
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Collective updates:
Advocacy
Ashiana
Legal
Outreach
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Poetry Corner:
Aurat
By Vaidehi Desai
My Daughters
By Bindia Puri
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Letter from an Ashiana ex-resident
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Donor List
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The Annual Dinner brings together survivors,
staff, volunteers and supporters for an evening of enjoyment and reflection. The aim
of the Dinner is to bring the community together to reaffirm its commitment to ending violence against South Asian Women.
The Dinner has not only helped cement
Manavi’s name in the community, but has
also provided funds to allow it to continue
its efforts. Like previous years’ Dinners, this
year’s Dinner was a huge success with a
large turn out.
The event was held on March 31st 2006 at
the popular restaurant ‘Akbar,’ in Edison.
The evening kicked off with the Director of
Manavi, Maneesha Kelkar, welcoming the
guests and giving a brief synopsis of the organization’s activities. She then introduced
the speaker of the evening, internationally
renowned writer Bapsi Sidhwa. Her critically
acclaimed novel, Cracking India, which
explores the Partition of India from a child’s
perspective, was made into the movie
Earth by noted Canadian director Deepa
Mehta. Ms. Sidhwa discussed the process
of adapting the book into a movie and regaled the audience with a slide show of
events from the filming. Copies of Ms. Sidhwa’s novels were being sold at the dinner
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The views expressed in this publication are solely of the authors and do not
indicate the views or endorsement of Manavi, Inc.
and she agreed to a book signing.
loose and danced up a storm.
After Ms. Sidhwa was done, two current
residents of Ashiana, Manavi’s transitional home, stepped up to the podium
and shared their personal experiences
with violence. They talked about their
struggle to overcome
the guilt, shame and
emotional upheaval of
domestic violence, and
thanked the Manavi
staff for helping them
discover
their
inner
strengths in Ashiana’s
safe, secure and supportive environment. The
audience was deeply
moved by their stories
and
profusely
applauded their narrations.
Nearly three hundred people attended
the event and supported us in our efforts.
We had a large number of sponsors and
raised a net amount of $25,000. Manavi
volunteers spent hours helping to arrange the event
and turned up in
large numbers to
assure the smooth
flow of the evening.
Special thanks must
be given to the Silent Auction Committee which did a
superb job of organizing the auction.
Most of the auction
items were bid on
during the course
of the night and
the total collected was a significant contribution to Manavi’s annual budget for
the forthcoming year. We must also acknowledge members of the Manavi
Board and Benefit
Committee for their
support and hard
work in organizing the
event. A final thank
you to everyone who
attended and supported us in our struggle – you help us
keep the faith.
Manavi had more entertainment in store
for the Dinner patrons and next up were
New York based group ‘The Nayikas
Dance Theater Company’ which performed the classical Indian
Odissi dance. Their repertoire of feminist based
works
supported
the
theme of women’s empowerment. The dancers’
graceful and vivid portrayal of women as ‘Devi’,
the Indian Goddess and
destroyer of evil, brilliantly
expressed their feminist
philosophy. The performance was followed by dinner after which our DJ for
the night, DJ Ankit, took
over the proceedings. His
catchy tunes drew the audience onto the dance
floor and everyone let
By Aisha Ijaz & Renu
Singal
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Jersey City Silent March
against women remain staggering.
Studies have proven that around the
world, at least one out of three women
has experienced violence and abuse.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief, Intimate Partner
Violence, in 2001 85% of the victims of
intimate partner violence were women.
According to the Commonwealth Fund
Survey nearly one-third of women in the
US are physically or sexually abused by
their husbands or boyfriends at some
point in their lives. While research data
on
Viol ence
Against Women
in the South Asian
community is limited, a study conducted in the
Greater
Boston
area
in
2000
showed that over
40% of 160 South
Asian
women
were victims of
intimate partner
violence. In the year 2005, Manavi assisted 296 women - from January 2006
till November 2006, 268 women have
contacted us for assistance.
October is nationally recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month
when a variety of events including vigils
and seminars organized on local, state
and national levels take place. These
are held to acknowledge the prevalence of violence against women in all
communities, to mourn the loss of lives
to this brutal reality and to commemorate the efforts and successes of survivors of violence. This tradition evolved
from the Day of Unity observed in October 1981 and became a month-long
event in 1987.
Since 2005 Manavi has
commemorated Domestic
Violence
Awareness Month with
an Annual March. On
Saturday, October 14th
2006, Manavi staff,
founding
members
and volunteers came
together at the corner
of Newark Avenue
and Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City,
New Jersey. Men and women marched
in silence with banners and placards,
unified in their belief that love does not
translate into violence, raising awareness about the prevalence of violence
against women in the South Asian community. The silent army made at least
three rounds of Newark Avenue, the
hub of South Asian activity in Jersey
City, distributing flyers and information
cards along the way. The North American edition of the daily newspaper,
’Indian Express,’ covered the event.
The
statistics
of
domestic
The statistics stated above are dismal
reminders that there is still a dire need
for awareness of the crime of violence
perpetrated against women on worldwide, national and communal levels. In
the South Asian community silence still
prevails around this issue. There are still
too many of us unaware of our rights,
and far too many of us eager to exploit
that lack of awareness. Manavi’s Silent
March challenged that silence and ex
violence
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ploitation and aimed for a healthier
South Asian community. It is a protest
against the violence and abuse meted
out towards South Asian women in the
US and we are confident that we
reached many in the course of our
March this year. Every flyer distributed
and every information card offered
served as an opening to discuss and
acknowledge the problem and provided opportunities for relief. Some
stared at us, others avoided us or
stopped us to ask questions about our
services. Each person who stopped to
inquire and get information was a dent
in the wall of silence that our communities have created around the issue of
violence against women.
With this conviction and with renewed
hope we strive to reach out to all the
members of our South Asian community; the Silent March offers us a convenient platform to do so. It also gives
the members of our community an opportunity to show their support and solidarity in ending violence against
women. We really hope to see more
feet marching beside ours at next
year’s March, so please do join us!
By Urjasi Rudra
The Truth About H-4
My acquaintance with the H-4 visa dates
back to February 2002, when I arrived in
New Jersey as a married woman, with an
H-4 visa and very little understanding
about the US immigration system. I was
naïve at best, and ignorant to put it
bluntly, when I assumed that my education, work experience with multinational
companies and proficiency in English
would soon fetch me a legal job in the
US. It is the land of opportunities after all,
where hard work and talent is recognized. It has been more than four years
since then and I am still on an H-4 visa. I
am not eligible for a social security number or benefits, although we pay social
security tax; my visa status does not permit me to work, and universities in New
Jersey do not consider me for in-state tuition. One more thing – I am not alone.
The current law allows 65000 aliens to
come into the US with H-1B visas as temporary workers in a specialized occupation every year. Most of them bring their
spouses on dependent H-4 visas. The H-4
visa has three extremely significant conditions attached to it: it is completely dependent on the marital relationship between the principal H-1B holder and the
dependent spouse. Secondly, it is entirely
dependent on the employment relationship between the principal H-1B worker
and his/her employer. If the principal H1B is cancelled, the corresponding H-4 is
automatically voided. The third condition
is that the H-4 visa does not allow its carrier to work legally in the US. All of the
above create a situation that can be exploited by abusive partners with frightening ease. If trapped in an abusive marriage, women who are dependent
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tionships and return to their home countries, where often no justice can be
served against the abusive partners.
Most women do not wish to return to
their home countries because in the
South Asian context there persists immense social pressure and prejudice
against women who choose to end
their marriages. The second choice is
just as dismal – if they stay on in the US
and decide to leave their abusive partners, they have no more legal status
than that of an undocumented alien.
The notion harbored by many South
The third option is even more deplorAsians – even among educated and
able: they may enurban communities –
dure the abusive
that a woman sufferIf trapped in an abusive marriage,
relationship despite
ing marital abuse will
women who are dependent spouses of
needing and wantfind refuge, justice
H-1B workers have very few resources
ing relief, because
and opportunity in the
available to them. Without a social sethe other two opUS is therefore not encurity number and with a visa that is entions do not offer
tirely true for H-4 visa
tirely derivative of the status of the printhem justice. I work
holders. Under the
cipal H-1B holder, the H-4 visa holders
with many such
Violence
Against
belong to an invisible population.
women, as an adWomen Act (VAWA),
vocate,
and
it
victims of domestic
breaks my heart and enrages my conviolence who are married to legal perscience every day.
manent residents or citizens of the US
can submit a self-petition for their legal
As an advocate, empowerment of
residency in the US. However, there is no
women is an integral part of my work. I
such provision offered for victims of viofind it disturbing when the law of a free
lence who have temporary dependent
country stops a woman from working
visas such as the H-4 visa, since their
and attaining economic independhusbands are temporary workers and
ence, even if she wants to. The law fails
have no permanent residency in this
that woman every single hour and robs
country. In 2002 when President George
her of her self-reliance. Economic indeBush signed a bill, which would allow
pendence was a concept drummed
dependent spouses of L and E visa
into my veins since childhood and it still
holders to get work authorization, no
flows in them today. So what about all
such provision was granted to H-4 visa
those other women who are not victims
holders.
of violence, but still suffer from the perils
of the H-4 visa status? If a woman is not
The big question that comes to mind
battered or abused, does that diminish
then is, what happens to such women?
the importance of economic indeThey usually have three choices: they
pendence for her? This makes me wonmay decide to end the abusive relaspouses of H-1B workers have very few
resources available to them. Without a
social security number and with a visa
that is entirely derivative of the status of
the principal H-1B holder, the H-4 visa
holders belong to an invisible population. For women in nurturing relationships it often translates to lack of career
opportunities and an unequal relationship where they are financially dependent upon their husbands.
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der about the many levels of violence
perpetrated against women, often
in carefully subtle tones. A visa restriction that stops a woman from working,
earning and being economically independent, in my eyes, is one of those subtle violations of our rights. How can we
try to empower a woman while the law
stops her from being financially independent?
paign helped create an identity for
these women not only to outsiders, but
among themselves as well.”
A report was sent to Congressmen and
support was rallied among key organizations to push for the inclusion of a
provision for H-4 visa holders in VAWA
2005. Manavi contributed data and
testimonials to this report. These efforts
helped bring a new provision in the
2005 version of the Violence Against
Women Act (VAWA), which will assist
battered immigrant women with temporary dependent visas to get work
authorization. Under the new provision
of VAWA 2005, victims of violence who
have derivative visas in A, E, G or H
categories can get work authorization
if they can prove that violence had
been perpetrated against them.
It is important that we feel enraged, that
we seek justice and ask the questions no
one wants to answer, because that is
what gives birth to advocacy and paves
the way for positive change. In 2004,
Shivali Shah, an attorney and founder of
Kiran: Domestic Violence and Crisis Service for South Asians in North Carolina,
began a community survey of H-4 visa
holders. Kiran, like Manavi and other
South Asian women’s organizations, had
too many battered H-4 clients. Shivali
surveyed hundred H-4 women and ten
South Asian women’s organizations over
the last two years to raise awareness in
the community and to lobby legislators
to change policies. Concerned that the
needs of H-4 visa holders would be
again overlooked in the 2005 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women
Act (VAWA), Shivali and the H Visa Survey (www.hvisasurvey.org) launched
lobbying efforts and a media campaign
to educate policy makers and other social justice movements about the plight
of battered H-4 women. Her work was
covered by the BBC, the Washington
Post, and India Abroad, among others.
“It was important for law makers and
other key stake holders to view dependent immigrant spouses, including H-4 visa
holders, as a social and political group,”
Shivali says of the purpose behind the
awareness campaign. “The media cam-
Network of Advocates for Dependent
Immigrant Spouses of America
(NADISA) was created in 2005, as another result of the lobbying and media
campaign. NADISA brought together
immigrant and women’s advocates,
attorneys, and academics to continue
working towards increased rights for
dependent spouses of temporary visa
holders.
VAWA 2005 is most definitely a step towards success, but we have not won
the battle yet. The regulations for this
provision are yet to be in place and we
still have thousands of dependent
spouses who may not be battered, but
deserve the right to work if they want
to. The efforts made by members of
NADISA are not limited to victims of violence, and much remains to be done
for the remaining immigrant dependent women in the US. Shivali stated that
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“It may seem counter intuitive to us, but
giving work authorization to H-4 visa
holders, battered or not, is a very unpopular idea to many Americans.”
NADISA is looking for more volunteers to
participate in spreading awareness and
lobbying for changes, which will enable
dependent spouses to have more rights
and visibility in this country. To learn
more about NADISA and the H Visa Survey, please visit their website: http://
www.hvisasurvey.org. There may not be
quick resolutions or stunning victories,
but our efforts will always yield progress
and we owe that to ourselves and to
those who come after us.
Statistics
From January 01, 2006 till November 15,
2006, Manavi worked with a total of 268
women who approached us for assistance. Out of this total, 195 women were
new callers and 73 women continued
with services. The following is a break-out
of hours for some of Manavi’s services offered to these women:
Service Provided
Hours Spent
Individual Counseling
432
Advocacy
368
By Urjasi Rudra
Legal Assistance
166
We would like to thank Shivali Shah for her valuable input towards this piece.
Ashiana
250
Court/Medical Accompaniment
44
Support Group
233
Housing/Job Assistance
58
Upcoming Events
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A Volunteer Advocates Training will
be held in February 2007 for all current Manavi volunteers who are interested in working directly with
women survivors of violence.
Mark your calendars for Manavi’s
Annual Fundraiser Dinner coming up
in March 2007!
Manavi In the News
Our message is getting out there! Here are
some articles about Manavi that have been
published since our last newsletter.
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Manavi’s next Volunteer Orientation
is coming up in April 2007 for all of
you who are interested in volunteering your time and services.
If you want more information about any of the
above events please contact our office at 732435-1414 or manavi@manavi.org.
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Pais, A (July/2006). Disabusing the
abused: Manavi has come a long way in
20 years. India Abroad v36(43).
Jhunjhujwala, J (October/2006). Women
march to end domestic violence. The Indian Express v7(20).
Padmanabhan, V (May/2006). The dark
side of Desi woman. The Indian Express
Padmanabhan, V (April/2006). Bapsi Sidhwa steals show at Manavi’s fundraiser.
The Indian Express.
Bapsi Sidhwa chief guest at Manavi fundraiser (April/2006). India Abroad.
Collective Updates
Advocacy Collective
Sheena, Shefali and Urjasi.
Manavi’s Advocacy Collective is comprised of volunteers who are trained to
provide culturally specific, peer supportive counseling to women survivors of
violence. The year 2006 saw seven volunteer successfully complete both parts
of the mandatory Advocates Training
required to join the Manavi Volunteer
Advocate family. The first part of the
training was held in November 2005
and volunteers were introduced to critical issues in intimate partner violence
over a span of two days. Relevant resources, policies, counseling skills and
effective listening techniques were also
shared with them. The second part of
the training was a legal training held in
February 2006. Anish Joshi and Sheetal
Patel, two lawyers who are closely involved with Manavi’s work, came in
and trained the volunteers on Family
law and Immigration law respectively.
We want to extend a warm welcome to
our new Volunteer Advocates – Anita,
Doris, Irvi, Jinny, Neeraja, Seema and
Urjasi.
The Manavi Support Group continues to
meet on the second and fourth Saturdays of every month and aims to break
the isolation that many women experience when they go through intimate
partner and other forms of violence. This
year the Group has had an average attendance of five women and we have
had speakers come in and talk about
HIV and AIDS, breast cancer, mental
health and meditation. We have also
focused on topics like nutrition, sexuality, self-esteem and journaling. The yearend of 2005 was highlighted by a potluck holiday party which was a great
success with women and their children.
A similar party is planned for the end of
this year and we look forward to an
equally big turnout.
Ashiana Collective
Ashiana, Manavi’s transitional home, is
a safe space for South Asian women
and their children who have been displaced by violence. Since 1997, Ashiana has been providing women and
their children with secure, rent-free
housing while they work towards independent living. Since January 2006, 9
women and 5 children have resided at
Ashiana.
As always, our Volunteer Advocates
have been actively involved in counseling women and providing them with
support in the form of court accompaniment, job assistance, transportation
and interpretation to name a few. Our
thanks to intern Soheli Azad who was an
enormous help during the summer
months when we were severely understaffed. A heartfelt thank you to all our
active Volunteer Advocates for their
hard work and dedication – Doris, Irvi,
Jinny, Jyothi, Rita, Rupal, Seema,
This year’s annual party at Ashiana, organized for Ashiana residents, Manavi
staff and the dedicated Ashiana volunteers was a huge success.
The
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committed
Ashiana
volunteers
have continued to provide residents
with ongoing support during evenings
and weekends. They assist with transportation, groceries, interpretation, economic empowerment workshops and
workshops on financial planning. As of
November 2006 one of our volunteers,
who is also a social worker, has been
working with the residents on life skills,
personal conflicts and anger management issues. Thank you Vandana, Irvi,
Aarti, Sumi, Shubra, Uma, Corina, Ritu,
Nihar, Lata, Madhavi, Anjali, Doris, Shefali and Lakshmi for your valuable time
and efforts.
tion law as they pertain to Manavi’s
work.
- Manavi published a legal handbook
called “Know Your Rights – A Legal
Guide For South Asian Women Facing
Domestic Violence” in the summer. The
handbook contains information about
the legal system in New Jersey as it relates to domestic violence. It was made
possible by a grant from the IOLTA Fund
of New Jersey.
- This summer, our legal intern Keely
Swan worked on Project Zamin, established to assist battered South Asian
women in need of immigration assistance, specifically those seeking VAWA
relief or asylum. This project aims to create a national network of experts with
the aim of providing culturally competent testimony, as well as to develop a
body of country-specific knowledge to
document the hardship that abused
women may face if deported to their
home countries. Project Zamin is targeted to become a connection point
for the battered woman, her attorney,
and the cultural expert, enabling the
attorney to develop an appropriate legal brief for the woman’s case.
Legal Collective
Manavi’s Legal Clinic continued to be
held twice a month, alternating between New Brunswick and Jersey City,
in the year 2006. The clinic is for South
Asian women who are in abusive relationships and have no income, low income or no access to their income. It
provides a free half-hour consult with a
Family and Immigration law attorney in
a culturally sensitive and linguistically
accessible environment. From January
2006 till November 2006 Manavi had 22
clinics which served 94 women. The clinics would not be possible without our
team of dedicated volunteer attorneys
– we thank you for your time and commitment.
- In September, Manavi staff and volunteers received a training on Immigration
law with an emphasis on the Violence
Against Women’s Act (VAWA) from
attorney Asma Chaudry of the Boaz
Community Corporation. The Boaz
Community Corporation is a not-forprofit community development organization dedicated to providing counseling on immigration matters.
Some highlights from the year
2006:
- The second part of the Advocates
Training was held at the Manavi office
in February. Attorneys Anish Joshi and
Sheetal Patel came in and trained the
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Outreach Collective
- Handing out materials and flyering at
the Navratri celebration held in Jersey
City, NJ.
The Outreach Collective has been actively involved in reaching out to the
South Asian community in order to raise
awareness about Manavi and the services we offer. The Collective has also
helped raise consciousness about the
issues of violence against women and
has conducted cultural sensitivity trainings for mainstream providers so they
can better assist South Asian Women
who are victims of violence.
- Silent March on Newark Avenue in Jersey City, NJ.
- Tabling and presenting at the Clothesline Project held at Rutgers University,
NJ.
- Training for the Passaic County Working Group Meeting, NJ.
Some Outreach highlights from Jan
2006 – Dec 2006
- Sponsoring a film and talking about
Manavi’s services at the South Asian Independent Film Festival (SAIFF) in NYC,
NY.
- Flyering and passing out handouts on
Oaktree Rd in Edison, NJ and Newark
Ave in Jersey City, NJ.
- Presentation for the NJ Association of
DV Professionals at Rutgers University,
NJ.
- Presentation on Manavi’s services at
the Mahila Vibhag Temple in East Brunswick, NJ.
- Tabling at the Bangladesh Day celebration in Piscataway, NJ.
- Interview for TV Asia at their studio in
Edison, NJ.
- Conducting a cultural competency
training for the Jersey Battered
Women’s Shelter (JBWS) in Morristown,
NJ.
- Training the Middlesex County Domestic Violence Response Team, NJ.
- Participating at the ANAA rally held in
NYC, NY.
Manavi always welcomes community
members who come forward and express an interest in volunteering their
time and services. Our volunteer program requires people to attend a Volunteer Orientation before they can become actively involved. We had two
Volunteer Orientations in 2006-one in
April and another in November, and
many new and enthusiastic volunteers
joined the Manavi family. If you or anyone you know is interested in volunteering, please contact the Manavi office for more details.
- Presentation on Manavi’s services at
the Jam-e-Masjid Islamic Center in
Boonton, NJ.
- Tabling at the Johnson & Johnson
South Asian group’s picnic in Duke Island Park, NJ.
- Tabling at the Silent Witness Exhibit
held at Rutgers University, NJ.
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Poetry Corner
Aurat - By Vaidehi Desai
My Daughters - By Bindia Puri
Main Phool hoon, jo zindagi mein khushboo
laaoon
Main Roshni hoon, jo andhkaar ko tumse door
karoon
Main Chhaya hoon, jo dhoop se tumhe bachaaoon
Main Sneh ki Pratima hoon, jo sab mein pyaar
baatoon
My daughters
I made you
Or did I?
I only helped bring you
into this
not-so-perfect world
But
let me tell you
it' a good enough
world to
let you shine
Be how you want to be
if
you will make it.
Main Mamta ka saagar hoon,
Mujhse hi naye jeevan ka aagman hai
Main Khwahish hoon,
Mujhse hi jeevan ko prerna milti hai
Main Aazaadi hoon,
Sabko aazaadi deke khud bandi bani hoon?
Kyon?
Main Shakti hoon,
Kyon na iis bandhan ko tod doon!
Main Panchhi hoon,
Aasmaan ko main bhi chhuna chaahti hoon,
Aasmaan se banker saawan, sukhi dharti par
main bhi barsoon!
My babes
Do not let this
imperfect, prejudice-tainted world
get in your way
If you will
stand up for yourself
in every situation
The world will know
how to treat you.
Main Sapna hoon, jo zindagi ko rangeen kar
doon
Main Bhakti hoon, jo tumhe parmatma se jod
doon
So
inspire yourself
strengthen yourself
And let no one
not even me
your mother
give you anything
less than your due
You define
the standards
this world should have
for you
I did not make you
don't let me tell you that!
Main jeevan hoon, such-dukh ki sangini hoon,
Parmatma ki chhavi hoon,
Aas hoon, Prerna hoon, Lakshya hoon,
Phool hoon, Trishul bhi hoon,
Swabhimaan hoon, Shakti hoon, Bhakti hoon,
Aur Mukti bhi main hi hoon!
Main Ek Aurat Hoon!
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Letter From An Ashiana (Transitional Home) Ex-Resident, September 2006
I was totally unaware of my rights and
my strengths when I contacted Manavi
and came to Ashiana. I was helpless,
shattered and a completely broken
person who had no confidence in herself, no sense of her rights and was very
scared to question other peoples intents
and motives. For me the future was
black. I was in such low spirits that there
was not even any desire to hope for a
better future.
I stayed at Ashiana for the past one
year and it helped me regain my equilibrium/stability and my sense of self.
Through its services and dedicated volunteers, Manavi has helped me get my
self-respect and confidence back. It
has taught me to dream again and to
have faith and confidence in my
dreams. I don’t think I can put my feelings about Ashiana into words, but it
has given me everything to live for and
given me a chance to grow and become independent and stand on my
own two feet.
Manavi extended its gentle hands and
pulled me out from the darkness of my
past to the brightness of my future. I
have experienced a tremendous
change in my life and I am thankful to
Manavi with all my heart.
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We would like to thank all
Manavi volunteers, members
and interns who contribute their
valuable time and energy towards ending violence against
women.
Manavi Staff Members:
Aditi Desai
Aisha Ijaz
Anuradha Gurnani*
Lakshmi Anantnarayan*
Lakshmi Rajagopal*
Maneesha Kelkar
Qudsia Raja*
Razia Meer
Smitha Katragadda
Sasi Vishnubhotla
Soma Dixit*
* staff members who were with us at some
point in 2006 but are no longer at Manavi.
Manavi Board Members:
Dipty Jain — Secretary
Madhavi Prakash — Chairperson
Pavitra Menon
Sheetal Patel
Surekha Vaidya — Treasurer
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DONOR LIST FOR MANAVI
Manavi wishes to recognize those of you who have made donations to our organization. This list reflects the period June 2005 to November 2006. If you find any mistakes or omissions in this list, please accept our apologies and notify us.
Ajit Kothari, Fidelity Charitable
Gift Fund
Alka Aneja
American E-Title Corp
Anil B. Nirody
Anita Chandwaney-Khemani
Anjali Patel
Anjali Srivastava
Anjana P. Ajmera
Ajmera
Arati Chaudhury
Asha Saxena, Future Technologies , Inc
AT&T
Atsuko Seto
Avanthi A. Rao
Ayesha Zafar
Bharati Badrinath
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