Gender Violence in India

Every year, Prajnya compiles public domain data around gender-based violence in India as a ready-reckoner for mediapersons and academics. This has become our flagship gender violence research project and is widely appreciated by users.

• 2009
• 2010
• 2014
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022

Prajnya Research Papers

• Farheen Nahvi, In the Shadow of Conflict: An overview of support services available to survivors of gender-based violence in Kashmir, plus a directory of resources,2022.
• Suchaita Tenneti, Curative Violence Against LGBT+ People in India: Key Issues and Perspectives, Rajaram Research Fellowship Paper, 2020.
• Kalpana Kannabiran, In the Footprints of Bhanwari Devi: Feminist Cascades and #MeToo in India, A Prajnya GRIT Working Paper, November 2018.
• Radhika Bhalerao, Perceptions of Heterosexual Intimate Partner Violence: A Study of College Students in Urban and Rural Maharashtra, India, GRIT Fellowship Paper, 2017.

Prajnya Research Reports

• Child Marriages in Tamil Nadu during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report from the Grassroots, 2022.


• Safe Workplaces: A Status of Compliance Survey, 2021.


• Survey on the Lockdown Experiences of Women and Men in Tamil Nadu, 2020.

Seminar and Consultation Reports

• Navigating Sexism in the Gaming Industry: A Report, compiled by Ojasvi Vyas and Maryam Nayaz, 2022.


• The Aftermath Review: A Report, compiled by Nafeesa Usman, 2021.


• Domestic Violence in Tamil Nadu During the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Summary of Accounts from the Field, 2021.


• The Gender Violence -- Health System Interface: Practices, Guidelines and Protocols, Report, by Ranjitha Gunasekaran, 2014.


• Digital Media and Gender Violence Colloquium: A Report, compiled by Nithila Kanagasabai, 2013.


• Exploring Masculinities in South Asia: A Forum Report, compiled by Nithila Kanagasabai, 2013.


• Making Numbers Count: A Gender Violence Tally: Seminar Report, 2012.

Resources and Guides

• Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Women with Disabilities in India, created by Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre, Bhubaneswar and Prajnya, December 3, 2020.


• Preventing Workplace Sexual Harassment, by Swarna Rajagopalan, 2017.


• Screening with Sensitivity:A Prajnya resource for television creative teams on how to depict and address gender violence onscreen, Second Edition, 2015.


• How to file an FIR, by Amba Salelkar, 2013.


• Screening with Sensitivity:A Prajnya Resource for Television Creative Teams, First edition, 2011.


• Five Simple Rules for Reporting Gender Violence, 2009.

Publications on Gender Violence by Prajnya Team members

• Gender Violence as Insecurity: Research Trends in South Asia, by Anupama Srinivasan, for the Global Consortium for Security Transformation, (New Voices, Number 9) 2011.