The Jan Vishwas Act, 2023 has amended 42 laws by decriminalising offences under them to improve the “ease of doing business”. While this would usually be a reason to celebrate, the legislation seems…
The National Rural Health Mission has provided disadvantaged women with better access to maternal healthcare, but obstetric practices can sometimes be egregious, adverse, and even violent. Gender and…
Early hysterectomy is unique to India and it is likely that after this expensive surgery women will face other health problems later in life. We need to see menstrual problems as one of a range of…
Mine workers in Rajasthan are perhaps the most vulnerable among manual workers in India’s unorganised sector. They are exposed to various kinds of dust, which makes them very susceptible to…
How were rural marginalised women’s lives affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, including in accessing sexual and reproductive health services? A report based on studies conducted in Chengalpattu…
Why do health workers often take the punitive route to obtain compliance from marginalised communities? How can we build cultural sensitivity into our public health practice? A story of the Solega…
Kerala's below-replacement fertility figures obscure the poor awareness of contraceptive methods amongst women, pointing to the unfinished task of promoting independent and informed reproductive…
In the middle of a virulent second wave, India finds itself staring at shortages that will delay vaccinating its 45+ population well beyond August. If only the government had not thought it was…
Stagnant government funding and mis-allocation of available resources in recent years are together resulting in limited improvements in levels of child nutrition, anaemia and mortality.
