Crisis and violence in Mumbai: Experiences from a centre for vulnerable women and children
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 10:42
in Psychology & Sociology
In this week's open access journal PLoS Medicine, Nayreen Daruwalla and colleagues describe the Centre for Vulnerable Women and Children, which serves clients coping with crisis and violence in the urban setting of Dharavi, Mumbai. In order to assist other developing crisis centres, the authors discuss factors that shaped the development of their Centre over six years. They emphasise how intervention is often guided by clients' desire to keep their families together. Successful intervention, the authors advise, requires strong links with health-care providers, police, legal services, and community-based organisations...