Gender Based Violence Prevention Unit

The main aim of Gender Based Violence Prevention Unit (GBVPU) is to establish a friendly environment for survivors of gender-based violence & reduce incidence of gender-based violence. (GBV)

Services Offered:

1. The GBVPU provides survivors of GBV quality, culturally and age appropriate counselling, psychotherapy, medical, social, and legal support to victims of GBV. 2. The GBVPU counsels‘ perpetrators to reduce the incidence of GBV. 3. The GBVPU arranges group counselling for family meetings. 4. Coordination of "The Committee regarding sexual harassments in the workplace" at NIMH is done by the GBVPU.

Any Clinical unit can refer patients with GBV issues to this unit. It is functioning on all working days from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm

GBVPU accepts referrals of inward patients, OPD and Clinic patients as well as patients sent from the community.

GBVPU is manned by trained nursing officers under the supervision of a Medical Officer and Lead Consultant Psychiatrist.