The Inspiring Story Of A Kerala Woman Who Escaped Domestic Violence And Became A Police Officer
In India, 30 percent of women have experienced domestic violence at least once from when they were aged 15, and around 4 percent of ever-pregnant women have experienced spousal violence during pregnancy.
While a large section of them suffer in silence, some others are driven to take their own lives to end their ordeal.
There are also a few of them who beat the odds to escape their abusive lives and rebuild from scratch, often without the support of their family and society.
Noujisha, a native of Perambra in Kerala's Kozhikode is one such woman.
A few years ago she was on the verge of becoming just another name in a long list of women who have ended their lives due to domestic abuse.
But instead, she fought back and is now serving as a cop in Kerala Police.
Suffered domestic abuse for more than three years
Noujisha who is a postgraduate in computer application got married in 2013.
She was working as a guest lecturer in a private college before the marriage and had expressed her intention to continue working.
Though the husband had agreed to this, just days into the marriage Noujisha was told to stay at home.
Soon she also became a victim of physical and mental abuse by her husband after Noujisha questioned his alleged relationship with another woman.
Noujisha family who got wind of her ordeal at her in-law's house asked her to come back, but she decided to stay back due to the social stigma of a married woman returning to her parents and hoped that things will get better soon.
Wanted to die, but decided not to
That did not happen and only got worse to the point where Noujisha contemplated suicide by jumping into a well.
But she backed off at the last moment as she was scared of the depth of the well.
In 2016 Noujisha left her husband's home with her one-year-old son.?
Rebuilding life once again
Thankfully for Noujisha, her family including her parents and sister stood by her.?
She filed for a divorce and started working again as a lecturer. Along with this she also prepared for competitive exams.
And that paid off as she cleared the Kerala Police Special Recruitment in 2021.
She joined as a civil police officer on April 15, 2021.
Vismaya case verdict?
Noujisha's story has been going viral on social media in Kerala in the wake of the sentencing in Vismaya case.
Vismaya, a final year BAMS student died of suicide in May 2021, at her husband's house due to dowry harassment.
Vismaya's husband who was then an official in Kerala Motor Vehicle Department was not satisfied with the car he received as dowry and used to physically and mentally abuse her over it.
A court in Kollam had earlier this week sentenced Kiran Kumar to ten years imprisonment in the case.
Following her death, Vismaya's parents repeatedly said that it was a mistake to get her married before she completed her education and had a job.
They are also appealing to other parents to get their daughters married only after they become financially independent.
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