Adolescents’ Sexual Health and Rights

Efficacy, safety, cost: India’s decade-old debate on the cervical cancer vaccine erupts again

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The debate over the use of vaccines to prevent cervical cancer in India came to the fore again last week when the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare indicated that it was unlikely to include Human Papilloma Virus or HPV vaccines in the national immunisation programme. The health ministry’s decision ..... Read More

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The fight to ban a ‘humiliating’ virginity test for newlyweds

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A movement to stop newly-wed brides from a nomadic tribal community having to take a virginity test has begun in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, and campaigners are determined to put an end to the "humiliating" practice, reports BBC Marathi's Prajakta Dhulap. Anita*, 22, says the ordeal of her ..... Read More

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Times of India Interview with HRLN Bihar State Coordinator on Child Marriage

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Times of India, in their special edition New Hope magazine, recently interviewed Advocate and HRLN Bihar State Coordinator Vikash Kumar Pankaj on the issue of child marriage in the state. You can read the full article below.   'Vikash Kumar Pankaj is the state co-ordinator for Human Rights Law Network and president ..... Read More

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Bihar Orders 2017

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Available below are all of HRLN's Reproductive Rights Initative's 2017 Orders in the High Court of Patna, State of Bihar. [gview file=”http://reproductiverights.hrln.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Sanjeet-Singh-v-State-of-Bihar-070717.pdf” height=”700px” ..... Read More

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Maharashtra Siblings Are Using WhatsApp To Campaign Against Virginity Tests In Kanjarbhat Community

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The teenage bride's parents stood anxiously outside their dingy house in Pimpri Chinchwad, Maharashtra, as caste panchayat heads sat around near the door. About 10-15 minutes later, the 40-year-old bridegroom emerged from inside, violently flinging the door open. "She has already blackened her face. I won't accept her as ..... Read More

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