Sama conducted an interactive learning workshop on some important issues vis-à-vis gender, health and rights with specific reference to ART, Surrogacy, gender based violence, and the role of the health system for a group of 30 young people on 30th… Continue reading
Sama was invited to participate in the National Consultation on Declining Child Sex Ratio – Civil Society Campaign organized in June 2013 by the National Foundation for India (NFI) in partnership with UNFPA. The consultation was aimed at building a… Continue reading
Sama participated in a consultation organized by the Voluntary Health Association of Punjab that focussed on evolving compliance mechanism in the light of the Supreme Court order (4 March 2013) vis-à-vis implementation of the PC-PNDT Act. The consultation was held in… Continue reading
Sarojini N. of Sama was invited as a visiting scholar to University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. During her engagement with the University between April and May 2013, she made several presentations, talks and conducted discussions on ARTs and surrogacy at various events… Continue reading
Sama conducted a review to examine possible factors that may have facilitated the slight improvement in the 2011 census sex ratio figures for Punjab. Towards this, interviews were conducted with key informants – academics, activists, lawyers with a long engagement on… Continue reading
A seminar Gender and Technologies: Examining Intersections, Expanding Discourse was organised by Sama on 11 and 12 April 2013 in Chandigarh, Punjab. The seminar facilitated exchange of information, experiences and concerns emanating from activism and research on practice and policy on sex selection.… Continue reading
