The death of Steve Ghany Ju­nior has sparked a move­ment in­volv­ing a for­mer Jus­tice Min­is­ter, a clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gist and an at­tor­ney aimed at tak­ing back so­ci­ety, by em­pow­er­ing abused women, build­ing stronger men and push­ing for greater po­lice pro­tec­tion for vic­tims.

Speak­ing at a press con­fer­ence on Fri­day, a day af­ter Ghany’s fu­ner­al, for­mer Jus­tice Min­is­ter Prakash Ra­mad­har said the ini­tia­tive goes be­yond the high pro­file case in­volv­ing his client, the woman who con­fessed to fa­tal­ly shoot­ing Ghany.

“This is not a spon­ta­neous re­sponse,” Ra­mad­har said. “We have a du­ty to en­sure we do things that make this coun­try safer and hap­pi­er. Do­mes­tic vi­o­lence is at the core of one of the most im­por­tant is­sues we speak about, but nev­er tru­ly deal with.”