Engendering Health and Human Rights

Annual IFHHRO Conference

Sept. 30th and 1st Oct. 2005

DAY 1, 30th September, 2005, Friday

09:00

Welcome and Introduction

Adriaan van Es  and Ravi Duggal (Co-Chairs)

 

Keynote Address

Speaker

Time

Title

Prof Paul Hunt

UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Health

 

09:15

Engendering Health and Human rights: Maternal Mortality as a Violation of the Right to Health

Plenary Session 1

Vibhuti Patel

Head  P.G. Department of Economics

S.N.D.T. Womens University

Mumbai

 

09:45

Gender Based Violations and Discrimination in South Asia 

Aleid Bos

IFHHRO, Netherlands

 

10:05

Convention Committees, Governments and Health Professional. Combating violence against women with international and human rights law.

10:25 to 10:45

Questions / Comments from the floor and Summing up

Short Film

11.00- 11.20

Tea / Coffee Break

11:20 – 13:20

Parallel Session 1 (Each speaker gets 20 minutes)

Sub Theme 1

Women's health and human rights concerns in situations of war and conflict, including ethnic, communal, race and caste dimensions

Co-Chairs : Amar Jesani / Len Rubenstein

 

 

Presenter

Title

Country

Len Rubenstein

 

War-Related Sexual Violence In Sierra Leone: A Population-Based Assessment

 

USA

Sathyasree Goswami

The Forgotten Person Understanding Women’s Human Rights Violation In Armed Conflict Situations

 

India

Zamrooda Khanday

Honour & Health: Women’s Life In The Valley

 

 

India

Michael Wilks

 

Involvement of health professionals in abuse of prisoners

United Kingdom

Surinder Jaiswal

Women’s Health Concerns in Conflict Situations

India

Sub Theme 2

Domestic violence as an issue of violation of health and human rights

Co-Chairs: Seema Malik/ Marianne Begemann

 

 

Liliya Sazonova 

Domestic Violence As A Health And A Human Rights Issue

 

Bulgaria

Sohini  Basu

Health Disorders Of Abused Women: A Study In Kolkata

 

 

India

Tapas Kumar Basu

Role Of Health Professionals In IPV

India

Khairul Hafiz

The Most Horrific Domestic Violence, Acid Violence -In Context Of Bangladesh

 

 

Bangladesh

Sub Theme 3

Dealing with sexual assault and harassment for protection of rights of victims and survivors

Co-Chairs: Ruben Naidoo/ Dr Rukhmini Krishnamurthy

Shanti  Ranjan Behara

Sexual Assault, Harassment, Rights & Social Justice

 

India

Sanchoy Kumar Chanda

Violence Against Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) In Bangladesh: The Hidden Picture Of Violation Of Human Rights

Bangladesh

Vina Vaswani

 

Atrocities Against Workers of The Unorganised Sector- Day Light Is A Long Way Off 

 

 

India

Djordje Alempijevic

Severity Of Injuries Among Sexual Assault Victims

Europe

13:20-14:50

Lunch Break

 

Poster Presentations During Lunch Break

 

Arvind Tiwari & Satyani Guin

Medical Care In Indian Prisons: Perspectives And Issues

India

Abijit Das

Violence Against Women, Health And Rights – Policy And Programme Implications In India

 

India

Madhumita Das

Violence Within The Four Walls Of Her House    

India

M.Gunasekaran

Barriers To Health Rights       

India

Manmohan Sharma

Issues Emerging Working With HIV + Persons In The State Of Punjab

India

 

 

 

Mary Venus Joseph

 Health Rights Of Women In Kerala – An Enquiry 

India

14:50 – 16:50

Parallel Session 2 (Each speaker gets 20 minutes)

Sub Theme 4

Misuse of Reproductive Technology, gender discrimination and Rights Violation

Co Chairs: Lakshmi Lingam/ Anna Dani

 

Hagit Peres

Owners Of Female Bodies And Owners Of Future Children: Arab-Bedouin Women In Inter-Cultural Encounters With Prenatal Services

Israel

Meghana Joshi

Addressing Infertility- A Reproductive Health Right

India

Nirmala .V

Impact Of Gender Discrimination And Violation Of Human Rights On Sex Ratio In India 

 

India

Sub Theme 5

Violation of Rights of people living with HIV/AIDS

Co-Chairs: Shalini  Bharat / Jaime Miranda

 

Mariette Correa, and David Gisselquist

 

Defeating HIV Stigma With Accurate Information About HIV Risks In Health Care Settings

USA

Ahmad Rana ulzar and Ahmad Rafi-ush-shan

Gender, Sexuality And Health

Pakistan

K.I. Jacob

Addressing Stigma And Discrimination At The Community Level Through Home/Community Owned Care And Support Program

India

 Shuanguang Wang

 

Success In Developing An Innovative Cultural Strategy To Promote HIV Prevention And Human Right In Minority Ethnic Yi Community Of China

China

Sub Theme 6

Discrimination in access to healthcare, especially reproductive health

Co-Chairs: Julian Sheather / Sanjay Nagral

 

Joe Thomas, and Mridula Bandyopadhyay /

 

Public Health Implications Of HIV/AIDS Related Stigma, Discrimination, And Human Rights Violations: Issues, Challenges And Emerging Responses

Australia

Tarujyoti Buragohain

Level Of Awareness Of RTI, STI And HIV/AIDS And Gender Discrimination In Treatment In India

India

Len Rubenstein

Maternal Mortality In Heart Province, Afghanistan: A Case Study In Understanding Discrimination In Access To Health Care

 

USA

Samal Viswo Varenya

 

Triple Jeopardy” Of Women – Discrimination In Access To Healthcare

Based On Gender, Caste-Status And Disability

India

18:00 - 20.30

Cultural Programs

Conf Hall 1 and 2

 

DAY 2: 1st October 2005, Saturday

09:00

Introduction

Robert Simon and Dhruv Mankad (Co-Chairs)

Plenary Session 2

 

Sofia Gruskin

Health and Human rights

Harvard School of Public Health

 

09:15

Addressing the Missing link of gender equity in health Human Rights-What hasn’t been considered : what needs to be

Laxmi Murthy

Saheli,

New Delhi

 India

09:40

Missing links civil society perspective   

10:05

Questions and Comments from the floor and Summing up

10:35

Valedictory by Aruna Sharma, Jt Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi

“Role of NHRC in promotion and protection of health and human rights”

 

10:50

Short film

11.00- 11.20

Tea/Coffee Break

14:50 – 16:50

Parallel Session 2 (Each speaker gets 20 minutes)

Sub Theme 7

Good practices and strategies for engendering health and human rights

Co-Chair: Dr AnantPhadke / Prof Tarantola

Anant Bhan and Sunita Sheel

Engendering Health And Human Rights In Developing Countries: What Does Have Bioethics Have To Offer?

 

India

Geeta Sodhi

A Community Based Clinic’s Approach To Addressing Sexual Violence

India

Paredes, A. Giannina

Therapeutic Groups: Listening to Women who have Experience Domestic and Sexual Violence

Peru

Márquez Lilly

Perception And Reality Of The Access Of Reproductive Health In Ecuador

Ecuador

Dr. R D Lele

 

Organising an HMO

India

Sub Theme 8

Monitoring gender concerns in rights violations

Co chair: Marianne Haslegrave/  T.F.Thekekara

Saskia Bakker

 

Engendering Health and Human Rights

 

 

 

The Netherlands

 Julian Sheather

 

National Medical Associations And Gender Equality

United Kingdom

Raju Prasad Chapagai

 

Judicial Response To Reproductive Rights Through Public Interest Litigation:
A Nepalese Experience

 

Nepal

Abhijit Das

 

Family Planning In India : Rights, Laws And Standards

 

 

India

Sub Theme 9

Data and evidence on gender inequities in the human rights context

Co-Chairs:

 

Md. Rezaul Karim  and Rakib Hossain

Women's Health And Security Concerns In Shrimp Cultivation And Shrimp Processing Plants In The Coastal Areas Of Bangladesh

 

Bangladesh

Ocen Sam Fortunate

 

Young People Rights Violation, An Engine To Hiv/Aids Prevalence Rates Among Young People

Uganda

 Ramesh Chellan

Socio-Economic And Medical Provider Correlates Of Post Abortion Complications Among Married Women In India: Findings From Reproductive And Child Health Survey

India

Bijoya Roy

Gender Dimensions Of Health Sector Reform: Challenges And Limitations To Women’s Health And Rights

India

13:20 – 15:00

Lunch Break

Poster Presentations During Lunch Break

Purna Chandra Upadhyaya

Engendering Health And Human Rights: The Case Of Nomadic Women Healers And Their Cultural Practices In Uttar Pradesh’ (Especially In Mirzapur District)

India

Nilika Mehetro

Women And Disability Management  In Rural Haryana

India

Soubhagya Ranjan Padhi

Endangering Health And Human Rights Of Tribal Women In The Koraput District Of Orissa

India

Pratibha Joshi & Devyani Bhardwaj

Women’s Midlife Transition ……….. Is The End Of Life?

 

India

Shampa Sengupta

Access To Information On Health : Rights Denied To Women With Disabilities       

India

Shilpa Johny

Gender & Hiv/Aids: Double Geopardy Of Women

India

Tea/coffee break

15:00 – 18:00

Parallel Special Training Session

(Please note: This requires  separate prior registration

1. CEDAW and human rights

Trainer: Manisha Gupte

 

2. Orientation on gender equity concerns in health and human rights

Trainer: Vibhuti Patel and Sophia Gruskin

 

3. Orientation in use of ‘Sexual Assault Evidence Kits’ for better care and evidence documentation Trainer: Dr.Amita Pitre and Dr. Ruben Naidoo

 

Film festival 15:00 onwards

     

Note: Kindly consult the Registration desk for information on the rooms for respective sessions