Sikh Women’s Aid is inviting Sikh Panjabi women and girls aged 16 and over, currently living in the UK, to take part.
This survey is the only national survey specifically exploring the lived experiences of Sikh Panjabi women and girls.
This years survey will examine a range of issues affecting families and relationships within the community, including domestic abuse, child to parent abuse, financial abuse, harmful family dynamics, perpetrators of harm, and barriers to reporting abuse and accessing support.
🔗🏴Complete the survey in English
🔗🇮🇳 ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਰਵੇ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਥੇ ਕਲਿੱਕ ਕਰੋ
Importantly, individuals do not need to have experienced abuse to participate. Sikh Women’s Aid is encouraging all Sikh Panjabi women and girls to take part so the survey can capture a broader understanding of attitudes, awareness, lived experiences, and community perspectives.
The survey contains 40 questions and takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. For the first time, the survey is available in both English and Panjabi to improve accessibility and encourage wider participation across generations.
The findings will help inform Sikh Women’s Aid’s future frontline services, safeguarding responses, research, campaigning, policy work, and national advocacy around violence against women and girls within Sikh Panjabi communities.
Sukhi Kaur, Chair of Trustees at Sikh Women’s Aid, said:
“Too many Sikh Panjabi women continue to experience abuse, silence, shame, and isolation behind closed doors. Through this survey, we want to better understand the realities women and girls are facing today, including harms that are often hidden or misunderstood within our communities.
This work is about listening, building evidence, and ensuring Sikh Panjabi women’s voices are no longer ignored in conversations around safeguarding, domestic abuse, harmful practices, and public policy. Every response matters. Whether someone has lived experience of abuse or not, we encourage Sikh Panjabi women and girls across the UK to take part and help shape future change.”
The survey is now open and will close at midnight on Friday 25th August 2026. Findings from the survey will be launched at the Sikh Women’s Aid 2026 Conference later this year and will also be published on the organisation’s website.
Sikh Women’s Aid is currently the UK’s first and only specialist ‘by and for’ organisation supporting Sikh Panjabi women and girls affected by domestic, sexual, and spiritual abuse.