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Narika Narika is a nonprofit organization for and of women who trace their origins to the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. We provide support, information, help, advocacy and referrals to women and children in abusive situations. Narika's model incorporates all the positive aspects of familial relationships among women in South Asia. Our volunteer staff of South Asian women understand the cultural and communal affinities of our callers. We do not give professional advice but off a sisterly ear, providing the support and information women need to make their own decisions. Narika helps... women from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and all women of the South Asian diaspora women in abusive situations women who are battered by their husband or partner women who are being harassed or stalked by an ex-husband/partner women who grew up in violent, abusive homes women being pressured into arranged marriages women who are abandoned, divorced or widowed women whose children have witnessed maternal abuse women pressured and threatened by dowry demands women who are victims of rape or date rape women in abusive same-sex relationships women dealing with cultural identity issues, inter-generational conflict and sexual identity issues Narika P.O. Box 14014 Berkeley, CA 94712 (510) 540-0754 office (800) 215-7308 helpline