1. Maitri
J -92 Anant Ram Diary,RK Puram Sector 13
New Delhi 110066, India
www.maitriindia.org email:winnie.singh@gmail.com
Helpline: +919810132908

4. Verbal and Emotional Violence
• nsults
I
• ame calling
N
• ccusations on your character or
A
conduct etc.
• nsult for not having a male child,
I
• nsult for not bringing dowry etc.
I
• elling and Screaming
Y
• reventing you or the child in your
P
custody from attending school, college
or any other educational institutions

5. Contd:

6. Economic Violence
• ot providing you money for maintaining you or your
N
children,
• Not providing food, clothes, medicines etc. for you and your
children,
• topping you from carrying on your employment or,
S
• isturbing you in carrying on your employment,
D
• ot allowing you to take up an employment or,
N
• aking away your income , salary, wages etc.,
T
• ot allowing you to use your salary, wages etc.,
N
• orcing you out of the house you live in,
F
• topping you from accessing or using any part of the house,
S
• ot allowing use of clothes, articles or things of general
N
household use,
• ot paying rent if staying a rented accommodation etc.
N

11. • aise your voice.
R
• Talk to your friends and relatives about it.
• Take the help of a NGO or police.
• File an FIR (First Information Report) in the nearest police
station.
• Take the help of ‘The Protection of Women from Domestic
Violence Act’, 2005 (PWDV Act, 2005) and contact the Protection
Officer of your area and register D.I.R (Domestic Incident Report).
• You can also directly go to the Magistrate.

12. Under the PWDV Act, 2005, you can get the following
reliefs/orders:
1. Protection (from any act of domestic violence) order
2. Residence orders - right to reside
3. Monetary reliefs
4. Custody orders
5. Compensation orders
6. Interim and ex-parte orders
NOTE: Any order made under this Act is enforceable
throughout India.