Fact finding report on Poor quality of health care and services: A case study of North Cachar district, Assam
The fact finding is conducted in Assam which has the highest number of maternal deaths in the country. The social, economic and institutional failure leads to increasing rate of maternal mortality and morbidity. There are many international conventions which relate to Right to Health and India being a party to ..... Read More
Visit to Matritva Chaya Shelter Home for Pregnant and Lactating Women, Jahangir Puri
A team from Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) comprised of Abhiti Gupta and Briana Olson, (hereafter “the team”) visited Matritva Chaya Shelter Home (hereafter “the shelter home”) on the mornings of 7th and 11th March 2013 to determine its functionality, capacity, and current use. The shelter home is not centrally ..... Read More
Fact-Finding Mission to Matritva Chaya Shelter Home for Pregnant and Lactating Women, Sarai Rohilla
A team from Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), comprised of Abhiti Gupta and Briana Olson, (hereafter “the team”) visited Matritva Chaya Shelter Home for Pregnant and Lactating Women at Sarai Rohilla (hereafter “Sarai Rohilla shelter” or “the shelter”) on 2nd March 2013 and did a follow up visit on ..... Read More
Fact-Finding Report on Sterilization, Access to Contraceptive Information and Services, and Women’s Health in Bilaspur
An 8 November 2014 a sterilization camp resulted in 15 deaths in Takhatpur Block in Sakri, Bilaspur District, and Chhattisgarh. On 10 November 2014 doctors conducted sterilization camps in Gaurella Block at Gaurella, Marwahi, and Pendra. One woman died as a result of the Gaurella camp. Some women remain ..... Read More
Maternal Death in Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh
On 2 March 2015, Janko Bi died as a result of the State’s failure to ensure women’s fundamental right to survive pregnancy in Bilaspur District. It took a government ambulance one hour to reach her home. A pediatrician examined Janko Bi five hours after her family called the ambulance ..... Read More
Litigation
- Presentations from the Two Day Webinar on Reproductive Rights on 23rd & 24th of May, 2020
- Patna High Court: Ration facility for all transgender persons
- Nikhil Datar vs. Union of India: A long drawn struggle
- Patna High Court gives favourable order in response to the PIL on water logging in the state
- Guwahati High Court delivers landmark judgement; Department of Health and Family Welfare to pay Twenty Five Lakh Rupees to Petitioner in Nagaland
Fact Finding
- Presentations from the Two Day Webinar on Reproductive Rights on 23rd & 24th of May, 2020
- Report on the State level Consultation in Arunachal Pradesh on 2nd & 3rd November, 2019
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Dictionary
News
- Report of the two day webinar on ‘Access to Reproductive Justice’ on 23rd & 24th May, 2020
- Report of the National level consultation on Trans people and women’s issues- 28th & 29th December, 2019
- Nikhil Datar vs. Union of India: A long drawn struggle