The Print | 21 Nov 2019 The Rajya Sabha Wednesday deferred the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019 after several members wanted modifications. The Bill seeks to ban commercial surrogacy and allow ‘altruistic’ surrogacy, limiting it only to a ‘close relative’ to be a… Continue reading
In the context of an ongoing transnational reconfiguration of reproduction, emerging fertility markets based on assisted reproductive technologies and reproductive value chains shape new forms of labour, new labour relations and new subjectivities. Due to ethical considerations, many nation states restrict or ban certain reproductive technologies and waged reproductive labour. Often moral discourses, similar to those around sex work, and a discourse about the gift economy and altruism among women, obscure labour issues. Continue reading
In 2015-16, Sama had conducted an exploratory research in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to understand the contributing factors to mental ill-health among young women as well as their experiences of accessing mental health care and other support that they required.… Continue reading
Forced displacement has been shown to increase vulnerability to exploitation, pushing communities to poverty and ill health. Sarojini Nadimpally, Deepa Venkatachalam and Adsa Fatima | The Wire | 28 February 2019 The Supreme Court’s February 13 order directing state governments… Continue reading
Former NHM Mission Steering Group members say there is a visible failure in strengthening the public health system. Sarojini Nadimpally, Yogesh Jain and Amar Jesani | The Wire | 5 February 2019 The funding for the National Health Mission (NHM),… Continue reading
From the Margins to the Centre is the report of a study conducted by Sama on the health inequities among the tribal communities in selected districts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. The study, conducted between 2017 and 2018, was commissioned… Continue reading
