Reproductive justice lies at the core of the right to equal access to healthcare and maintenance of personal autonomy when it comes to decisions made about one’s own body. It is important to note that this occurs within a very patriarchal space with gendered understandings of personal autonomy and reproductive rights. An article by Keertana Kannabiran Tella. 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 understanding that the drivers of inequities are multiple and intersecting is critical for health policy formulation and implementation. An intersectionality analysis reveals these relationships and allows a nuanced grasp of how health inequities are framed and understood. Continue reading
The Print | 21 Nov 2019 The Rajya Sabha Wednesday deferred the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019 after several members wanted modifications. The Bill seeks to ban commercial surrogacy and allow ‘altruistic’ surrogacy, limiting it only to a ‘close relative’ to be a… 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
In 2015-16, Sama had conducted an exploratory research in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to understand the contributing factors to mental ill-health among young women as well as their experiences of accessing mental health care and other support that they required.… Continue reading
