From 'Home' to 'State after care home': Experiences of violence, homelessness and rehabilitation
By: Sharma, Rachana
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BookPublisher: IASSI Quarterly: Contributions To Indian Social Science Description: 39(1), Jan-Mar, 2020: p. 42-57.Subject(s): Home, homelessness, state ofter core, home, Violence, Women
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IASSI Quarterly: Contributions to Indian Social ScienceSummary: Statistically speaking, there has been a sturdy increase in the number of homeless girls and
women in India. This article investigates the issue of in-house violence and homelessness
among young girls and women in India. Also, it aims to map their transition from their
Home to the State After Care Homes, and present the forms of distress they undergo
within these institutions. To examine this, an ethnographic study of a State After Care
Home for homeless women was performed. The study focuses on the lived experiences
of homelessness and rehabilitation of the women within these homes. On the whole, the
paper points that ‘Care’ as a ‘Right’ has been a continually undermined and undervalued
feature of women’s life as a result of which they experience multifarious forms of violence
inside and outside their homes. As the number of homeless population and requirement
of shelter homes are increasing, these formal institutions and public arrangements must
respond to the changing values and attitudes in the larger society- Reproduced
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Statistically speaking, there has been a sturdy increase in the number of homeless girls and
women in India. This article investigates the issue of in-house violence and homelessness
among young girls and women in India. Also, it aims to map their transition from their
Home to the State After Care Homes, and present the forms of distress they undergo
within these institutions. To examine this, an ethnographic study of a State After Care
Home for homeless women was performed. The study focuses on the lived experiences
of homelessness and rehabilitation of the women within these homes. On the whole, the
paper points that ‘Care’ as a ‘Right’ has been a continually undermined and undervalued
feature of women’s life as a result of which they experience multifarious forms of violence
inside and outside their homes. As the number of homeless population and requirement
of shelter homes are increasing, these formal institutions and public arrangements must
respond to the changing values and attitudes in the larger society- Reproduced
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