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Evidence, Consensus and Policy: curious case of changes proposed in India’s public health policy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 tags: National Rural Health Mission, Planning Commission of India,Planning Commission XIIth Plan, Public Health India by Shivam Vij Guest post by KAVERI GILL, at  kafila.org The world of development is as prone to fashions as any other. In recent times, ‘evidence-based policy’… Continue Reading →

India- Dalit woman gang-raped at gunpoint, then filmed #VAW

  TNN and NDTV  | Sep 27, 2012, PILLU KHERA (JIND): Haryana is rapidly climbing up the gender crime graph in India. A week after the rape of a dalit schoolgirl rocked Hisar, another case of gangrape came to light on… Continue Reading →

Gujarat: Minors among 3 Dalits killed in police firing #Narendramodi

Sept 24, agencies Three Dalits, including two minors, died in two separate incidents of police firing near the Than police station in Surendranagar district. The first incident took place on Saturday night and the second one on Sunday evening. The… Continue Reading →

Indian tribal women demand their reproductive rights #mustshare

  Anumeha Yadav 20 September 2012 Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) living in Chattisgarh, India, struggle to provide for their families and are forced to lie about their identity to overcome the sterilisation restriction owing to a three decade old order… Continue Reading →

Companies can’t acquire SC, ST land: Supreme Court

PTI Sep 20, 2012,  IST Tags: Supreme Court| Scheduled Caste| Schedule Tribe (The Supreme Court said that…) NEW DELHI: In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court today said that the land belonging to scheduled castes or tribes cannot be bought… Continue Reading →

Companies can’t acquire SC, ST land: Supreme Court

PTI Sep 20, 2012,  IST Tags: Supreme Court| Scheduled Caste| Schedule Tribe (The Supreme Court said that…) NEW DELHI: In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court today said that the land belonging to scheduled castes or tribes cannot be bought… Continue Reading →

Rajasthan tops failed sterilizations list #vaw #gender

  TNN | Sep 21, 2012, JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government may have gone on an overdrive sterilizing women to control population but the programme has had its fallout too. The state has booked the top slot in the country in terms of the number… Continue Reading →

Rajasthan tops failed sterilizations list #vaw #gender

  TNN | Sep 21, 2012, JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government may have gone on an overdrive sterilizing women to control population but the programme has had its fallout too. The state has booked the top slot in the country in terms of the number… Continue Reading →

Standing in a woman’s shoes #gender #justice

  PRABHA SRIDEVAN, The Hindu   The Madras High Court has played a stellar role in the evolution of gender justice in its 150 years of existence, setting the trend for social change through its rulings Physical, social and economic… Continue Reading →

Bombay High Court comes to the rescue of malnourished children

MEENA MENON, The Hindu   Activate MIS-based tracking, Maharashtra Government told Soon children under six and mothers in Maharashtra’s Melghat region, which is facing malnutrition will be tracked using management information system (MIS) following a directive from the Bombay High… Continue Reading →

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