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The sinister targets of Indian health camps
At Usayini in Uttar Pradesh, some 'health camps' funded by USAIDS are really places where local midwives are pushed to bring women in for sterilisation. There is absolutely no attempt to provide all-round reproductive health care. This approach flies in the face of India's official policy of target-free family planning More... NIMHANS recommends the Banyan model for mental healthcareThe Banyan model of care for the mentally ill incorporates support, vocational training, rehabilitation and permanent care. NIMHANS, the nodal institution for mental health in India, recommends that the 10-year-old and very successful Banyan model be replicated in other parts of the state More... Survivors of LaturA decade after the Latur quake killed 8,000 and injured 16,000, there is plenty of evidence of poorly planned and executed disaster management interventions: villages relocated several kilometres from the fields where women work; new toilets constructed but unused because there is no water; newly-built settlements so flimsy that people are afraid to sleep in them More... Living with AIDS in OrissaPeople with HIV/AIDS in Orissa are ostracised and mistreated by their families, community and the medical fraternity. These conditions have prompted the formation of Orissa's first registered association of people living with AIDS, the Kalinga Positive People's Association More... Dowry spreads its tentacles across IndiaA major new survey involving 10,000 respondents reports that the practice of dowry is becoming prevalent amongst dalit, backward caste, Muslim and Christian communities, which never had a tradition of dowry in the past. Even matriarchal societies, which earlier paid a bride price, are now demanding dowry from the bride's family More... Maa Bambaleshwari! Chhattisgarh's women have taken chargeOne million women in the newly-formed state of Chhattisgarh have formed 76,000 self-help groups and are now running the weekly bazaars, the fisheries and even the stone quarries More... Documenting diversitySecuring India's Future illustrates how India's natural resources are being depleted and the effects of this on those whose survival depends on them. The filmmakers travelled from tiny villages to national parks, recording hours and hours of vox populi footage More... Short Stay Homes: A reality checkA new study of 22 of Orissa's 32 Short Stay Homes for deserted and destitute women reports trafficking of some of the inmates, cramped living conditions and inadequate vocational training and counselling More... Emergency without an Emergency? The two-child norm for panchayat membersLaws to empower dalits, adivasis, OBCs and other sections of the poor through local self-government institutions are being circumvented by anti-democratic population policies. Indeed, if today fertility is to be a marker for citizenship, can the day be far behind when religion is? More... Environmental education finally finds a place in India's school textbooksThanks to a two-year study that identified the gaps and anomalies in environmental education in India, 800 schools now have a new and improved syllabus that promotes an understanding of environmental issues More... Monsoon showers wash away rainwater harvesting initiativesWith the start of a good monsoon, everyone seems to have forgotten about water harvesting as a means to ensure healthy supplies of water even after the rains More... |
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