Health and Sexuality
In our mid-month issue, continuing with the theme of Health and Sexuality, we look at how we can expect our doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to be sensitive to issues of gender and sexuality if these issues are not addressed in the medical curriculum. Suchitra Dalvie, a feminist obstetrician and gynaecologist, makes a sharp and succinct critique of the training she received as a medical student…
(Tread gently. This article has some potentially disturbing content) If the first words that come to your mind when someone…
Sangeeta Rege is currently Coordinator /Director at CEHAT (Centre for Enquiry Into Health and Allied Themes). CEHAT undertakes research, action…
(Tread gently. This article contains material on sexual assault) Dear A, I don’t know why I’m writing this. Maybe it…
This article was originally published in Hidden Pockets. Have you heard the Beatles song “Help?” or Do you remember that…
The novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has become a breeding site of gender inequality with social distancing measures that threaten…
New losses, new challenges Elizabeth Bishop, the Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, whose love affair with Lota de Macedo Soares…
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किशोरों में यौनिकता विषय पर चर्चा करना आरंभ करने पर कानून, आयु, मान्यताएँ व स्वास्थ्य जैसे अनेक ऐसे मुद्दे भी…
शिखा आलेय जैस्मिन जॉर्ज TEDx स्पीकर हैं, अधिवक्ता हैं और भारत में यौन एवं प्रजनन अधिकारों की पैरोकार हैं। ये…
We often look at people and, based on their appearance, assume that they are ‘healthy’ or not. Here is an…
Dr. V. Chandra-Mouli makes a powerful case for sexuality education for young people and why it is important for their physical,…
TARSHI has been running a survey (we’re still accepting responses) to understand how people feel about their sexual lives during the…
A humanitarian crisis situation has different impacts at the individual and community level and is also differently experienced by different…