Pamposh Raina
Bio:
Pamposh Raina is a Delhi-based journalist. She can be reached on Twitter @Pamposhr.
WMC Women Under Siege
In Delhi, women’s councils deliver justice outside the legal system
Every Wednesday at half-past one, in the narrow lanes of the southern Delhi slum of Dakshinpuri, a group of local women congregate in a windowless room. They are members of the “Mahila Panchayat,” or “female village council.” They are bound by a common cause—justice for women who suffer violence and harassment in their homes.
