Pervasive cultural narratives that normalize domestic violence have made efforts to respond to domestic violence in India challenging. An effective response to domestic violence in India needs to be transformative in nature, supporting the empowerment of survivors of violence and empowering communities to support survivors. Various studies have highlighted the importance of settings like grassroots organizations for promoting empowerment of members through community organizing. This qualitative study builds on this growing body of research using a grassroots agency in India as an exemplar to understand (a) empowering processes at the individual and community level associated with the agency’s community organizing efforts; and (b) salient mechanisms associated with social change and action in the response to domestic violence in the community. At the individual level, the agency’s organizing efforts provided knowledge, skills and resources, and opportunities for participation and leadership. At the community level, the agency engages in capacity building and increases social capital of members. The mechanisms that emerged as salient were increased critical consciousness of members, an emphasis on breaking the silence around domestic violence, community trust and cohesion, and capacity for informal social control. Implications of our findings for intervention and prevention work are discussed.

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印度应对家庭暴力的社区组织和变革。

使家庭暴力正常化的普遍文化叙事使印度应对家庭暴力的努力具有挑战性。在印度，对家庭暴力的有效应对需要具有变革性，支持增强暴力幸存者的能力，并增强社区支持幸存者的能力。各种研究都强调了草根组织等环境对于通过社区组织促进成员赋权的重要性。这项定性研究建立在越来越多的研究基础之上，使用印度的一个基层机构作为范例，以了解 (a) 与机构的社区组织工作相关的个人和社区层面的赋权过程；(b) 与社会变革和应对社区家庭暴力的行动相关的重要机制。在个人层面，机构的组织工作提供了知识、技能和资源，以及参与和领导的机会。在社区层面，该机构参与能力建设并增加成员的社会资本。突出的机制是成员的批判意识增强，强调打破围绕家庭暴力的沉默，社区信任和凝聚力，以及非正式社会控制的能力。讨论了我们的发现对干预和预防工作的影响。突出的机制是成员的批判意识增强，强调打破围绕家庭暴力的沉默，社区信任和凝聚力，以及非正式社会控制的能力。讨论了我们的发现对干预和预防工作的影响。突出的机制是成员的批判意识增强，强调打破围绕家庭暴力的沉默，社区信任和凝聚力，以及非正式社会控制的能力。讨论了我们的发现对干预和预防工作的影响。