Sarojini Nadimpally, Deepa Venktachalam and Sneha Banerjee| Kafila| 28 August 2016 The press briefing on commercial surrogacy by Minister of External Affairs Ms Sushma Swaraj, on 24th August 2016, did not come as a surprise to many of us who have been advocating… Continue reading
Sarojini Nadimpally and Sneha Banerjee| The Wire|16 August 2016 On July 25 2016, the Supreme Court of India, granted Ms X the “liberty … if she is so advised, to terminate her pregnancy” at 24 weeks. The judgment was based on… Continue reading
Sama along with Aman Network-Delhi organised a Delhi level consultation on the issue of ‘Gender based violence: towards strengthening interlinkages; issues and challenges’. This consultation was planned to facilitate discussions towards enhancing the practical and procedural understanding of the working… Continue reading
Sama undertook an assessment to understand the health system’s response to survivors of sexual assault. The need for this assessment emerged from Sama’s ongoing engagement on the issue of health system’s response towards Gender Based Violence (GBV). Sama’s previous assessment… Continue reading
Sama along with other women’s groups was invited by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Delhi to conduct a training of doctors from Delhi Government hospitals on Health Systems Response to GBV survivors. The training was organised at the… Continue reading
Sama along with other women’s groups in Delhi was invited for a meeting called by Delhi Health Secretary on May 11, 2016 at Delhi Secretariat to discuss the implementation of MoHFW Guidelines and Protocols on Medico-legal care for survivors of… Continue reading
