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Webinar: Screen to Treat or Stigmatise?: Ethical Dilemmas, Reproductive Governance, and Genetic Blood ‘Disorders’

By admin Announcements, Our Work, Reproductive and Disability Justice & Sickle Cell Disease

As part of a series of consultations and webinars on “Interrogating SCD as a public health, reproductive justice, and disability justice issue,” Sama is organising its second webinar titled, “Screen to Treat or Stigmatise?: Ethical Dilemmas, Reproductive Governance, and Genetic Blood ‘Disorders’” on Friday, the 30th of August, 2024, at 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM (IST). Continue reading

Webinar: Conceptual Constitution of Disability: A Public Health Understanding of Sickle Cell ‘Disease’ & Multiple Sclerosis

By sama Announcements, Our Work, Reproductive and Disability Justice & Sickle Cell Disease

Sama is organising a webinar, “Conceptual Constitution of Disability: A Public Health and Feminist Understanding of Sickle Cell ‘Disease’ & Multiple Sclerosis,” on August 5, 2024 between 3:00 and 5:00 PM IST. The webinar aims to build an engagement beyond disease-specific silos and shed light on the shared concerns and experiences of people living with disabling chronic health conditions and genetic conditions. Continue reading

People with sickle cell disease face damaging stigma

By admin Articles and Edited Volumes, Our Work, Publications, Reproductive and Disability Justice & Sickle Cell Disease

Stigma and bias erode wellbeing and exacerbate psychological harm, particularly for people from marginalised communities, especially women. Many with the disease are reluctant to reveal their status because of concerns about prejudice and criticism, often choosing to live in secrecy. Continue reading

Round Table on Sickle Cell Disease: Some Photographs

By admin Our Work, Photo Gallery, Reproductive and Disability Justice & Sickle Cell Disease

Sama organised a one-day round table on 2nd July 2024 in Delhi, titled “Interrogating Sickle Cell Disease as a Public Health and Reproductive Justice Issue,” to deliberate on some critical issues on sickle cell disease (SCD) and share experiences from its field visits to Chhattisgarh for guidance on its future work on SCD. Here are some photographs of the round table. Continue reading

Interrogating Sickle Cell Disease as a Public Health and Reproductive Justice Issue

By admin Our Work, Reproductive and Disability Justice & Sickle Cell Disease

To deliberate on some critical issues on sickle cell disease (SCD), Sama organised a one-day round table on July 2, 2024, in Delhi to share observations from its field visits to Chhattisgarh for guidance on its future work on SCD. The round table, titled “Interrogating Sickle Cell Disease as a Public Health and Reproductive Justice Issue,” brought together doctors, health policy contributors, feminists, academics, and disability and public health activists to examine SCD from the perspective of patient rights and as a feminist public health issue through the lenses of reproductive justice and disability justice. Continue reading

Towards Addressing Gender Inequity and Gender-Based Violence: ASHAs

By admin Capacity Building Tools, Gender Based Violence, Our Work, Publications

Adding to the series of training modules designed for healthcare providers, titled “Towards Addressing Gender Inequity and Gender-Based Violence,” is a training module tailored for ASHAs. As front-line community health workers, ASHAs have very frequent interactions with the community. Because of their location, they are also accessible and are often a safe and initial point of contact for survivors of violence. Continue reading

Towards Addressing Gender Inequity and Gender-Based Violence: Nurses

By admin Capacity Building Tools, Gender Based Violence, Our Work, Publications

As part of a series of training modules, “Towards Addressing Gender Inequity and Gender-Based Violence,” which we have been developing for healthcare providers, we are happy to present the module for the training of Nurses. Continue reading

Survivor Centered Approach and Care to Address GBV: An Information Guide

By admin Capacity Building Tools, Gender Based Violence, Our Work, Publications

Survivor Centered Approach and Care to address Gender Based Violence is an information guide in Hindi designed for all those who find themselves in a position of support for the survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV). इस जानकारी पुस्तिका का उद्देश्य सर्वाइवर केंद्रित दृष्टिकोण के मूल सिद्धांतों को समझना है, जिनका उपयोग विभिन्न संदर्भों में फ्रंटलाइन समर्थन व्यक्तियों द्वारा किया जा सकता है। Continue reading

Expanding the discourse around GBV

By admin Gender Based Violence, Our Work

Over the past two years, Sama has organised workshops with community-based organisations as well as short courses for youth. These spaces were utilised to unpack gender-based violence, improve the intersectional viewpoint, and hold systems accountable. Participants from approximately 100 community-based organisations in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha attended these seminars and short courses. This blog is based on the experiences of participants who attended Sama’s short courses and workshops. Continue reading

On hope, bodily autonomy and sustainable change making: A regional dialogue on GBV and SRHR as a public health issue

By admin Gender Based Violence, Our Work

A report of the two-day Regional Dialogue on Collective Challenges to Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Ways Forward, organized and conducted by Sama on February 20–21, 2024, over Zoom. Over 100 participants from 45 organisations engaged with issues of intersectional discrimination, transgender rights, holistic education, disability, SRHR, GBV, etc. came together to share their experiences and learn from each other. Continue reading