ABOUT Bolo Behen (Speak Sister)

We offer our services in English, Hindi, Nepali and Urdu languages.

Speak Sister is pronounced in many South Asian languages:

Bangla: বোন বলুন (Bōna baluna)

Gujarati: બહેન બોલો (Bahēna bōlō)

Bantawa Rai: चेवा निछा (Chewā Nichhā)

Gurung: पोनो बैनी (Pono Baini)

Hindi: बोलो बहन (Bolo Behen)

Hyolmo: मेदोङ न्होमो (Medong Nhomo)
Kannada: ಸೋದರಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ (Sōdari mātanāḍi)

Magar: बैनी ङाक्नि (Baini ngākni)

Maithili: बोलु बहिन (Bolu Bahin)
Malayalam: പറയുക സഹോദരി (Paṟayuka sahēādari);

Marathi: बहिण बोला (Bahiṇa bōlā)

Nepali: बोल दिदि-बहिनी (Bola Didi-Bahini)
Newari: नवा तताक्यँ (Nawa Tataakya)

Punjabi: ਭੈਣ ਬੋਲੋ (Bhaiṇa bolo)

Sherpa: आइ-ताङ नुम टम्ङ्या लोप (Aai-tang num Tamnya Lop)
Sindhi: ڀيڻ ڳالهايو (...)

Sinhala: කතා බස් කරන්න (katā bas karanna)

Tamil: சகோதரி பேசுங்கள் (Cakōtari pēcuṅkaḷ)
Telugu: సోదరి మాట్లాడండి (Sōdari māṭlāḍaṇḍi)

Thakali: कइ तेगो पिच्याङ (Kai teho pichyāng)

Urdu: ببہن بولو (...)

Bolo Behen (Speak Sister) is an initiative of Hudson SPEAKS Against Sexual Violence offering free services for South Asian women in Hudson County who are experiencing domestic and sexual violence. Our mission is to create a safe space with a full range of culturally sensitive and language-specific information, support services and advocacy.

We strive to create dialogue throughout Hudson County by reaching out to a wide variety of groups, organizations and individuals. By sharing and learning from one another, we believe.