The report traces the contours of violence against women and girls in the country today, only to stress upon the need for quality and accessible shelter schemes and homes.

IT is indeed a tall claim, almost an impossible task - to set in motion the immobile-to create spectators who would continue to perform.

In the last decade, several international and national movements have focused their attention, on the long neglected areas of women's reproductive health.

There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.