A lawyer by profession, Kirthi Jayakumar had a life-altering experience in 2016 that put her on the path to fighting gender-based violence in her native India.
On that fateful day in May, a dear friend who had been a victim of extreme domestic violence while residing in the UK was frantically trying to reach Jayakumar after escaping from her abuser. The following morning, Jayakumar woke to 16 messages and 31 calls from the friend.
While a good Samaritan eventually helped her friend, the incident shook Jayakumar. From her own inability to help, she wondered how traumatic it would be for victims of violence to have no one to reach out to or nowhere to report the matter.
It was these unanswered questions and a genuine sense of responsibility that led her to start Saahas, which means courage in Hindi, an app and…
