Welcome to the Solidarity Circle’s Wiki
The Kerala #MeToo movement reveals an urgent need for accessible, trauma-informed resources in both English and Malayalam that center survivors' experiences and empower communities to understand, support, and prevent gender-based violence. The following wiki is designed as a gentle, progressive framework that allows survivors and their supporters to:
- Move at their own pace through layers of understanding
- Find validation and recognition of their experiences
- Access practical tools for safety, healing, and advocacy
- Build collective knowledge without re-traumatization
This structure draws from trauma-informed care principles and survivor-centered approaches to create a compassionate, non-linear resource library. The Internet and social media remain market driven and chaotic as ever. For survivors seeking an understanding of their experience of violence and exploitation, there are few platforms that offer access to resources in a simple, accessible way.
This curated resource platform is a foundation to build individual awareness on safety, consent and recovery. This is NOT a one stop solution, but a step towards bridging the gaps between survivors and systems.
Content Advisory: Readers should be aware that this guide addresses difficult subject matter, including violence and rape. We encourage you to take breaks or skip sections as needed for your mental health.
HOW TO USE THIS WIKI
This wiki creates a compassionate, comprehensive, and culturally grounded library that respects t...
SECTION I: GROUNDING & RECOGNITION
This section will be updated shortly
SECTION II: UNDERSTANDING POWER & CONTEXT
2.1 Power, Patriarchy & Workplace Dynamics
Primary references - Understanding Patriarchy and Gendered Hierarchies Leela Dube conceptualizes ...
2.2 Consent, Boundaries & Bodily Autonomy
Here we try and understand Consent from a far more nuanced perspective rather than reducing it to...
2.3 Why Systems Fail Survivors
Contrary to several landmark judicial pronouncements in the Indian context on rape and sexual ass...
SECTION III: PATHWAYS TO SAFETY & HEALING
3.1 Safety & Crisis Response
Creating a safe space: Mental health professionals provide a secure and confidential environment...
3.2 Understanding Your Options
PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL ACT, 2013 Acts, Clauses and Glossary https://doe.gov.in/fi...
3.3 Healing Justice & Self-Care
Brief explainer on non medical/non legal healing practices Somatic or body-based healing, creativ...
3.4 Rebuilding & Reconnection
A Bridge to Recovery: How Assets Affect Sexual Assault Survivors’ Economic Well-Being https://jo...
SECTION IV: FOR COMMUNITIES & ALLIES
4.1 How to Support a Survivor
Supporting Sexual Assault Survivors Webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkNt_89FV6E Respondi...
4.2 Organisational Accountability
Vishakha Guidelines https://cag.gov.in/uploads/cms_pages_files/Vishkha-Guidelines-against-Sexual-...
4.3 Bystander Intervention & Prevention
Brief explainer https://rainn.org/show-up-speak-out-step-in/stop-sexual-violence-step-in-with-car...
4.4 For Families & Close Relationships
Imaara Survivors Toolkithttps://www.imaara.in/we-empower-resources? State Wise Helplineshttps:/...
SECTION V: COLLECTIVE ACTION & SYSTEMIC CHANGE
5.1 From Personal to Political
‘Paramilitary forces dance after killing Adivasis’: Soni Sori The Story of Soni Sori https://www...
5.2 Legal Literacy & Advocacy
Social Action for Women? Public Interest Litigation in India’s Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of ...
5.3 Media, Storytelling & Counter-Narratives
UNESCO Guidelines for reporting Sexual Violence https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf000038183...
5.4 Imagining Justice: Alternatives & Futures
Abolition and Restorative Justice reading Listhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1b0QvbQ9bCdd...
SECTION VI: INTERSECTIONS
6.1 For Specific Industries
Informal sector work How the POSH Act and Women’s safety measures fail in the informal sector. Th...
6.2 Intersectional Experiences
Survivors’ access to justice is shaped by intersecting social locations such as caste, religion, ...
6.3 For Children & Youth
POSCO Act https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2079/1/AA2012-32.pdf Explainer https:/...
6.4 Male Survivors & Masculinity
Men and Sexual Violence, a reading list from different contexts (more resources added in previous...
SECTION VII: KERALA-SPECIFIC RESOURCES & CONTEXT
7.1 Understanding Kerala's Context
Nationalism and Dalit Identity in Kerala Literature by Pratheepan Pambarikunnu https://www.studoc...
7.2 Malayalam Language Resources
To be updated
7.3 Local Support Networks & Services
Kerala Registered Feminist NGOs http://keralawomenscommission.gov.in/index.php/content/index/regi...
7.4 Cultural & Creative Expressions
10 Movies About Sexual Assault Survivors and the #MeToo Movement https://dlawgroup.com/10-movies-...