Shodhini: A Alternative Women-Centred Health Care Approach

Abstract

The women's health movement in India today is fast gaining momentum, although there continues to be a vast gap between ground realities and women's aspirations. Women's groups are extremely active and are working towards the betterment of health care services nationwide. Most importantly, they have brought the so-called modern health care system into question. It is against this backdrop that the Shodhini experience is set.

Dissatisfied with modern health care services, eager to under- stand the care of our own bodies and to discover the efficiency of traditional herbal remedies, we came together, women's health activists from different parts of India, to form the Shodhini network.