Serious human rights violations occur across the world on a daily basis, yet very few, if any, are reported, either in the international media, academia or in the public sphere more generally. Fact finding missions allow for these violations to be documented and publicised and therefore create a space where human rights violations can be exposed and hopefully, in the future, prevented.
The activists from the Initiative on a fact finding mission to Chhattisgarh
Undertaking fact finding missions is a key strategy of the Reproductive Rights Initiative. The Initiative has conducted numerous fact findings in thirteen Indian states since 2011. Fact finding reports are used by the Initiative to support legal and social interventions on a wide range of reproductive and sexual rights. The Initiative has coordinated fact findings on subjects as diverse as the international surrogacy industry, child marriage, unsafe and unlawful sterilization and medical services available to pregnant and lactating homeless women. By working closely with local activists, advocates and NGOs, the Initiative ensures that its fact findings are as accurate, informative and reliable as possible. The Initiative has successfully utilised fact finding reports as evidence of human rights violations in the Indian courts and as advocacy tools to show the need for higher standards of reproductive and sexual rights.
Research & Fact-finding
Presentations from the Two Day Webinar on Reproductive Rights on 23rd & 24th of May, 2020
Access to Contraceptives, Adolescents' Sexual Health and Rights, Andra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Child Marriage, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, HIV & AIDS, Issues, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Litigation, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Maternal Health, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Presentations, Publication, Punjab, Quality of Care, Rajasthan, Research and Fact Finding, Safe Abortion, Sex Selection, Sikkim, States, Sterilisation, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Update, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, WORKYou can now access all of the presentations that were made at the Webinar ‘Access to Reproductive Justice’ on 23.05.2020 & 24.05.2020. The presentations feature a huge range of topics that all intersect to discriminate against women, as well as the ways in which law has and can further
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Report on the State level Consultation in Arunachal Pradesh on 2nd & 3rd November, 2019
Access to Contraceptives, Adolescents' Sexual Health and Rights, Arunachal Pradesh, Child Marriage, Consultations, HIV & AIDS, Issues, Maternal Health, Presentations, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Safe Abortion, Sex Selection, States, SterilisationRead the full report below :
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Dictionary
Access to Contraceptives, Adolescents' Sexual Health and Rights, Andra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Child Marriage, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, HIV & AIDS, Images, Issues, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Maternal Health, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, New Delhi, Odisha, Publication, Publication, Punjab, Quality of Care, Rajasthan, Research and Fact Finding, Safe Abortion, Sex Selection, Sikkim, States, Sterilisation, Tamil Nadu, Transgender Rights, Tripura, Uncategorized, Update, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, WORKThe Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Dictionary is intended to help users understand the various terms that are widely used while in literature and conversations around Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR). A huge part of SRHR is disseminating elaborate and relevant information, primarily regarding medical, legal
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Report on the visits made to assess the Health systems in Bastar, Chhattisgarh
Access to Contraceptives, Case, Chhattisgarh, HIV & AIDS, Images, Issues, Maternal Health, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Safe Abortion, States, Sterilisation, Uncategorized, Update, WORK
11.12.2019:A team of 2 researchers and a lawyer visited two district hospitals in the state of Chhattisgarh namely Jagdalpur District Hospital and Dantewada District Hospital. In addition to that they visited a CHC in Kondagaon, two PHC in Metapal and Pondum
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Guwahati High Court delivers landmark judgement; Department of Health and Family Welfare to pay Twenty Five Lakh Rupees to Petitioner in Nagaland
Case, Images, Issues, Landmark, Litigation, Maternal Health, Nagaland, News, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Safe Abortion, States, Update
18.11.2019: In a landmark judgement, The Department to pay Twenty Five Lakh Rupees to Moba Changkai, Monyakshu village, Nagaland.
Synopsis of the case: Mon District, the eastern part of Nagaland is one of the most backward districts in the state. Monyakshu, the biggest village
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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