Collusion

2021-12-07T15:17:53+00:00

Imagine this: “I’ve just been assaulted by my husband, the police are called, they get him out of the house, and a few days later his sister and his female cousins stop by and harass me for calling the police on him.  A week later, I see them at the community center, they give me some mean and dirty looks; I run into them at the store and they intentionally bump into me and call me names. They tell me to watch my back.  What can I do?” Violence by extended family is a widespread issue faced by battered Indian women. [...]