An advisory for the Centre and State governments on strengthening health systems to manage the COVID 19 pandemic dated 2 April 2020, was drafted by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) and All India Peoples Science Network (AIPSN) and sent to the Health Secretary,… Continue reading
The 21 day extended lockdown has reached its halfway mark and left in its trail unprecedented humanitarian and health crisis. Its justification by the State as a necessary epidemiologic intervention to prevent COVID transmission, followed suspension of several fundamental rights… Continue reading
The Center for Reproductive Rights (The Center) invited Sarojini N of Sama – Resource Group for Women and Health as a panelist at the side-event on Infertility and Human Rights held on 2 March 2020, during the 43rd session of… Continue reading
Through its engagement on strengthening the health system’s response to gender-based violence (GBV), Sama has consistently striven to raise awareness on survivors’ rights: the right to dignified healthcare, and the right to freedom from any discrimination or gender biases within… Continue reading
The XVI National Conference of Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) will be held from 28th to 31st January, 2020 in Delhi at the National Law University. The theme of the Conference is Constitutional Principles in 21st century India: Visions for Emancipation. This conference seeks to bring out … Continue reading
In the context of an ongoing transnational reconfiguration of reproduction, emerging fertility markets based on assisted reproductive technologies and reproductive value chains shape new forms of labour, new labour relations and new subjectivities. Due to ethical considerations, many nation states restrict or ban certain reproductive technologies and waged reproductive labour. Often moral discourses, similar to those around sex work, and a discourse about the gift economy and altruism among women, obscure labour issues. Continue reading
