The Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative of India has released a report that looks back at the history of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), highlights best practices, and gauges the gaps in the law. Other sections looked at the systems that could support domestic violence, at access of the PWDVA, and orders that the courts passed.
Compiled from: “Staying Alive: First Monitoring & Evaluation Report 2007 on the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005,” Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative, The Lawyers Collective, 26 October 2007.