{"id":4180,"date":"2020-05-02T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2024-09-22T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T17:04:11","slug":"gender-based-violence-survivor-turned-medical-attendant-ruksana-is-taking-care-of-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/2020\/05\/02\/gender-based-violence-survivor-turned-medical-attendant-ruksana-is-taking-care-of-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender-based violence survivor turned medical attendant: Ruksana is taking care of those in need"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4180\" class=\"elementor elementor-4180\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b2e30 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b2e30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-987cbcc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"987cbcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9c116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa9c116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gender-based violence survivor turned medical attendant: Ruksana is taking care of those in need<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d9d480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-post-info happy-addon ha-post-info\" data-id=\"6d9d480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ha-inline-items ha-icon-list-items ha-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"ha-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-e6428b7 ha-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/2020\/05\/02\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-calendar\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M12 192h424c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v260c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V204c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12zm436-44v-36c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v36c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h424c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-icon-list-text ha-post-info__item ha-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 2, 2020\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ebf69f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ebf69f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ruksana-768x1024-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4181\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ruksana-768x1024-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ruksana-768x1024-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1747c3 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d1747c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e21e9bd e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e21e9bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da122fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4da122fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Ruksana (not her real name) is not about to let the Covid-19 virus stop her from helping patients in the private hospital where she works. She is a brave, independent woman, proud of her job and being able to support her family and her young daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seeing her now, you would never guess she suffered years of abuse at the hands of an ex-husband and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ruksana\u2019s mother and brother have disabilities. Her father is the daily wage labourer and the sole earner of the family. In a poor family with an adult the parents always want to marry the girl off as soon as possible and so she was married off early to a much older man. Shortly after the wedding, her husband\u2019s family started demanding a dowry, and when her poor family couldn\u2019t pay she was subjected to physical, emotional and sexual abuse. When she gave birth to a daughter the abuse only intensified.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 she came to see a doctor at the charity after being brutally assaulted by her husband, and he referred her to Suchandra Chaterjee, who is Calcutta Rescue social-worker and counsel and runs its Gender-Based Violence Programme. \u201cShe was suffering from severe trauma throughout the sessions. But the girl is brave and she didn\u2019t give up on herself,\u201d Suchandra said. She has been supporting Ruksana for the past two years and helped her get on a vocational training course before she got her job in nursing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then, in 2019, her husband remarried and she and her daughter were thrown out on the steers.But, with Suchandra\u2019s support, Ruksana went back to live with her father and had the confidence to pass her job interview and begin a new life.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ruksana said: \u201cI work in a hospital and helping the patients is my duty. In this turbulent time, I am happy to help people. My hospital has provided me with masks, gloves, protective gear and headgear as well. I will keep working.\u201d Calcutta Rescue salutes this brave woman and wishes for her safety and good health in this challenging time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can save more women like Ruksana! Calcutta Rescue provides mental health supports and often vocational training to the gender-based violence survivors to make them independent.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join Us! Help us to reach more women in need.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gender-based violence survivor turned medical attendant: Ruksana is taking care of those in need May 2, 2020 Ruksana (not her real name) is not about to let the Covid-19 virus stop her from helping patients in the private hospital where she works. She is a brave, independent woman, proud of her job and being able<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benefeciary-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4180"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4186,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions\/4186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}