This report comes to you at a time when questions around who can be family and whether adult citizens of this country have a say in formin
Violence against women is legitimized by social norms, beliefs and institutions.
This study attempts to look at the extent, causes, manifestation and the interventions made on trafficking of children in the country.
Within this research, Sama aimed to further the understanding of mental health, drawing on young
In recent years there has been a growing concern in many countries, including India, that public health and family planning programs have placed insufficient emphasis on the quality of their services (Ickis 1992; Khan et al. 1994; Mensch 1993; Miller et al. 1991).
Sterilization for men and women is the most commonly used contraceptive method both in India at large and in Uttar Pradesh.
The stark white room is echoing with dreams. "I want to become a doctor... I am engineer... I want to become a nun... (this evokes a riot of laughter) I want to become a dress designer... My dream is to become a social worker ....
Patharia, a village-situated in the Bundhelkund region is stark contrast to other villages. Inhabited by the Bedia tribe, a part of the vimukta jati where adult members in the family never worked and depended solely on the earnings of the young girl involved in prostitution.
Sterilization is the most popular method of contraception in India. The 1992-93 National Family Health Survey found that of the 36.2 percent of eligible couples using any modern method, most (30.7 percent) had been sterilized and only 5.5 percent were using temporary methods (IIPS 1995).