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Issues Faced by Transgender Persons in Odisha

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Between 20 July and 22 July 2015, social activists from the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) conducted a fact-finding mission in Cuttack (Cuttack district) and Bhubaneswar (Khurdha district), Odisha in order to establish the current situation of the transgender communities living in these areas. Odisha has a very visible transgender ..... Read More

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Report of “National Consultation on Expanding Access to Reproductive Rights: Using Law to Guarantee Reproductive & Sexual Health and Rights in India”

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HRLN and Prayas organized a three day “National Consultation on Expanding Access to Reproductive Rights: Using Law to Guarantee Reproductive & Sexual Health and Rights in India” on 5th, 6th and 7th December 2015 at Jaipur, Rajasthan. As a part of the ongoing initiative of HRLN and ..... Read More

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Delhi High Court recognises Maternal Deaths as a human rights violation

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Delhi High Court recognises Maternal Deaths as a human rights violation Laxmi Mandal v. Deen Dayal Harinagar Hospital & ORS, (W.P.(C) 8853/2008) High Court of Delhi In the year 2010, the Delhi High Court issued a landmark judgment where for the first time a constitutional court has recognised ..... Read More

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The insensitive practice of Sterilisation ‘Drives’: A case from Bihar

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The irresponsible and target driven practice of ‘sterilization camps’ in India have resulted into an incident which completely violated the women’s right to life as we witness in the case, Devika Biswas v. Union of India & Ors. . In January, 2012, a sterilization camp was conducted in the ..... Read More

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Access to Health Care Services-Post Liberalization Era

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Health is one of the most important interventions in the Economic and Social development and improved quality of life of the citizen. The north-eastern state of Assam with the highest maternal deaths in the country has managed to drop its number of maternal deaths in the last ..... Read More

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