Outline of the talk: 
The talk will discuss the work done by MAJLIS where Ms. Flavia Agnes helps victims walk the legal journey from the time a case of abuse is reported to the police till the final trial and cross examination in court. It will deal with the multiple challenges which a victim of sexual abuse has to cope with, and the necessity of providing socio-legal support to help her to become a survivor. 

Profile of the speaker:
Flavia Agnes is an Indian women's rights lawyer with expertise in marital, divorce and property law. She has written and published numerous articles, some of which have appeared in the journals Subaltern Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, and Manushi. She writes on themes of minorities and the law, gender and law, law in the context of women's movements, and on issues of domestic violence, feminist jurisprudence, and minority rights. Flavia Agnes began working in the field of women in law in the 1980s, which was at the beginning of the second phase of the women's movement, and since 1988, she has been a practicing lawyer at the Mumbai High court.

Along with Madhushree Dutta, Agnes is the co-founder of MAJLIS, meaning 'association' in Arabic, "a legal and cultural resource centre” that campaigns for and provides legal representation for women on issues of matrimonial rights, child custody etc. Since its inception in 1990, MAJLIS has provided legal services for 50,000 women, many of them destitute, and counseled three times as many.