TAG: india
The Sexual Politics landscape in August 2015 and early September
SPW has the great pleasure to announce the publication of Working Paper nº 11 Emerging Powers, Sexuality and Human Rights: Fumbling around the elephant. Authored by Sonia Corrêa and akshay khanna, the article is part of a series of analyses developed by the project Emerging powers, sexuality and human rights. The other products of this […]
Read moreWho’s Modi to discipline us?
Shiv Visvanathan @ShivVisvanathan Narendra Modi’s economic and technological policies might have limited impact despite the presence of stellar experts like Arvind Panagriya, Raghuram Rajan and Arvind Subramanian. If the first year of his regime has created anything it is not a regulation of the economy but a “civics of morality” or even of a preferred […]
Read morePharmacy Access to Medical Abortion in India: Reality, Necessity & Potential
by Dr Nozer Shariar Past Secretary General & Chairperson, MTP Committee, Federation of Obstetric & Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI); Past President,Mumbai Obstetric & Gynecological Society; Member, Technical Expert Committee, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India; Member, Board of Directors,Ipas & C3 India Member, Medical Advisory Panel,Family Planning Association of India […]
Read moreSticks and Stones: Violence in Intimate & Family Relationships of MSM, Transgender Women & Hijras and its Impact on HIV Vulnerability
This policy brief summarizes the impact of intimate partner and family violence on the HIV vulnerability of men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender and hijra community members in India. It calls for an end to the denial and acceptance of emotional, physical, sexual and financial violence experienced by these groups and offers recommendations […]
Read moreCampaigns
The links below give access to campaigns engaged on reproductive and sexual rights.
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SPW Newsletter N.14 – July, 2014
This Newsletter has been jointly produced by Sexuality Policy Watch and the IDS Program on Sexuality and Development. The collection of analyses here presented juxtaposes the Indian and the Ugandan contexts with the intention of opening up new questions for struggles in both these places, but also with the objective of generating a deeper conversation amongst activists and academics about the peculiarities of Law and Politics as distinct (if connected) realms of action.
Read moreIndia bans movie bringing an interview with murder girl victim of gang rape
An Indian Court has banned a movie in which one of the men convicted in the murder of a woman victim of a gan rape in 2012 blames her for the death. The case has sparked controversy across the world. SPW has gathered some news on the fact. Rape convict interview: Rajnath summons Tihar Director-General […]
Read moreAppeal to Stay the Execution of Surinder Koli: Concerned Women, Individuals and Groups
DECEMBER 4, 2014 tags: Against Capital Punishment in India, Death Penalty, Nithari Case,Surinder Koli by Shuddhabrata Sengupta Taken from: http://kafila.org/2014/12/04/appeal-to-stay-the-execution-of-surinder-koli-concerned-women-individuals-and-groups/ Guest Post by Concerned Women, Womens’ Groups and Others against the Death Penalty Awarded to Surinder Koli To, The President of India Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India. 2 December 2014 Subject: Execution of Surinder Koli Would […]
Read moreLetter to the Editor from members of the LGBTIQ community
Members of the Indian LGBTQI community issued an open letter to the editors of Bangalore Mirror, after the journal reported the arrest of a married man for violating Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a British colonial-era law that criminalizes “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with a man, woman or animal”. The case […]
Read moreIn The Virile God’s Graveyard
AUGUST 28, 2014 tags: Love Jihad, Narendra Modi, RSS by apoorvanand ( I had spent a week in Gujarat in February-March,2007 and published two reports in TEHELKA. Reproducing the first part to remind myself that it was again in Gujarat where the fear of ‘Love Jihad’ was invented in its present incarnation.) For many Gujaratis, […]
Read moreINDIA’S HISTORIC ELECTION: WILL POLITICAL PROMISES TO EMPOWER WOMEN BE REALIZED?
April 18, 2014 · by prospectjournalucsd · in HUMAN RIGHTS, POLITICS. · by Rashika Rakibullah Staff Writer Early last week, Indian authorities began preparations for the country’s 2014 general elections, a nine-phase, month-long event that will break records as the largest election in history. 814 million Indians are eligible to vote this year in a […]
Read moreMaking Naughty in the New India
New York Times brings an article on how new Indian government can adress the Section 377, upheld by the Supreme Court in december and which outlaws all intercourse other than peno-vaginal sex. Read here.
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