Recruiting to Give Birth: Agent-facilitators and the Commercial Surrogacy Arrangement in India

This article is part of the edited volume titled Babies for Sale? – Transnational Surrogacy, Human Rights and the Politics of Reproduction edited by Miranda Davies and published in 2017. Featuring contributions from over thirty activists and scholars from a range of countries and disciplines, this collection offers the first genuinely international study of transnational surrogacy. Continue reading

Towards Change – Infokit for Health Care Providers to Respond to Gender Based Violence

An Infokit developed on the role of the healthcare providers to respond to survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV). It is a compilation of information resources aimed to contribute towards building understanding, perspectives, capacities, and thereby the response to survivors of GBV. Continue reading

Circle of Medicines: Development to Access

This research report is based on a study conducted by Sama during 2015-2016 to assess the accessibility and affordability of drugs for which clinical trials were conducted on the Indian population. The study tried to explore some key issues surrounding clinical trials conducted in India, namely, the availability of those drugs in India, and if so, whether how affordable are they. Continue reading