Personification of divine feminine energy and power in Hinduism.
1Jinder Mahal and The Singh Brothers try to teach Brock the art of Shakti.
2Their Wellington Refuge is currently the only Shakti refuge that does not receive government funding.
3In 2016, Shakti was contracted by Ministry of Social Development to conduct a needs analysis.
4Sultana says almost all of the women that come to Shakti are from arranged marriages.
5Questions about this should be directed to Shakti.
6In Auckland, refuge organisation Shakti says it has seen dozens of cases of forced or threatened marriage.
7See Parvati and Shakti for more information.
8Since then, Shakti has been an essential service for migrant and refugee women in the greater Wellington region.
9After the match Mahal is about to destroy Sunil, but then finds his inner Shakti to calm down.
10Each of these requests has been declined and we have written to Shakti in each case to explain why.
11The cultural women's refuge, Shakti have terrible stories of young women forced into awful situations by their own family.
12This year, despite this needs analysis, funding for Shakti Wellington Refuge was categorically declined by the Ministry of Social Development.
13Lynda hears from Shakti Women's Refuge, survivors of abuse and the NZ Police about issues affecting our ethnic minority communities.
14From a Muslim Bangladeshi background she had help from Shakti Women's Aid in Scotland to leave an emotionally abusive arranged marriage.
15For their NZ Festival show Shades of Shakti the Wellington players will be joined by sārangī maestro Sangeet Mishra from India.
16Two months ago Voices reported that Shakti Ethnic Women's Refuge in Wellington had been declined government funding and would have to close.