Publications

Media Coverage

The News paper Clipings includes News articles were CEHAT work is highlighted.

Abortion

Over 100 under-15 girls in Mumbai had abortions in last one year

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2014

The Times of India

If you're in your second trimester and want to get an abortion in Maharashtra, good luck

Rao, Menaka
Published Year: 2015

Yahoo News

A question of human rights

Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Shamed and scarred: Stories of 'legal' abortions in India

Dixit, Neha
Published Year: 2013

FIRSTPOST.COM

Not a woman's choice: India's abortion limit puts women at risk, say campaigners

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2017

Reuters: 6 September 2017,

Read more

Don't drag child into MTP Act for grownups

Times of India
Published Year: 2017

Mumbai: Times of India, 29 July 2017

Read more

Abortion in a lockdown: India says 'yes' but women wonder how

Published Year: 2020

Reuters.in

Left in the Lurch

Aggarwal, K. K.
Published Year: 2020

IndiaLegalLive.com

Maharashtra Medical Council takes 15 years to respond to a complaint, dismisses it in one go

Ganapatye, Shruti
Published Year: 2020

Mumbai Mirror

Covid curbs bring down abortions in Mumbai by 50%

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2020

The Times of India

More children are being married off than before

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Find a better alternative

Majumdar, Swapna
Published Year: 2020

The Pioneer

Want Relief (हवा,

Burte, Aruna; Phadke, Sandhya
Published Year: 2014

Loksatta

Counselling centers for women in 11 hospitals

Barnagarwala, Tabassum
Published Year: 2014

The Indian Express

Nagpur: Focus on domestic violence as public health issue

Gwalani, Payal
Published Year: 2015

The Times of India

Victim in the dock: Supreme Court order saying the law on cruelty against women is misused is based on erroneous conclusions drawn from NCRB figures that don’t reveal the whole truth. It needs to be revisited.

Jaising, Indira
Published Year: 2017

Indian Express, August 2, 2017

GMCH Initiates Project to Check Domestic Violence

Sharad, Arpita
Published Year: 2018

Times of India, 20 July 2018

कौटुंबिक हिंसाचारग्रस्त महिलांना मिळणार एकाच ठिकाणी उपचार

Published Year: 2018

Lokmat News Network, 20 July 2018

महिलांवरील हिंसाचार वैद्यकीय सेवेत शोधता येतो: डॉ. येळीकर

Published Year: 2018

Pratinidhi | Aurangabad, 20 July 2018

One in every four women in Mumbai affected by gender-based violence

Rege, Sangeeta
Published Year: 2019

Mumbai: Times of India, 13th January 2019

Read more

GMCH module on gender perspective wins top award.

Times of India
Published Year: 2019

Times of India, 1st May 2019

GMCH module on gender perspective wins top award.

Indian health workers transform care for women survivors of violence

Published Year: 2019

World Health Organization

For some, lockdown is captivity with an abuser

Vatsalya, P.
Published Year: 2020

Mid-day

Domestic abuse during COVID-19 lockdown: How to get the help you need

Published Year: 2020

Firstpost.com

Responding to violence against women – The shadow pandemic during COVID-19

Bhate-Deosthali, Padma
Published Year: 2020

TheLeaflet.in

Reopening liquor shops can increase crimes against women: Javed Akhtar

Published Year: 2020

Hindustan Times

No rise in domestic violence cases, says NCW chairperson

Chandra, Jagriti
Published Year: 2020

The Hindu

43% of married women in state face spousal violence

Published Year: 2020

The Times of India

Kidney 'donor' fails to find guarantor, back in jail

Iyer, Malathy; Narayan, V.
Published Year: 2017

The Times of India

Budget Breaks on Healthcare: More Cover Without Coverage

Barai - Jaitly, Tejal; Godbole, Tanika
Published Year: 2018

The Wire, 8th February 2018. Online

Read more

Incentive for doctors, staff of govt hospitals under insurance scheme MJPJAY

Express News Services
Published Year: 2018

Mumbai: Indian Express, 12 September 2018

Read more

Health Legislation

Top Mumbai hospitals ignore poor patients: Survey

Published Year: 2014

The Times of India

Hospitals contest NGO report on treatment of poor patients

Published Year: 2014

The Times of India

India’s laws on organ transplants do little to protect rights of organ donors

Published Year: 2017

Scroll.in, December 15th 2017,

Read More

Health Policy

PMJAY scheme in Maharashtra: 10 lakh families issued e-cards, fewer hospitals empanelled in remote areas

Barnagarwala, Tabassum
Published Year: 2019

The Indian Express

In Brazil, we have caesarean section parties: How doctors push high-profit surgical deliveries

Vora, Priyanka
Published Year: 2016

Scroll.in, 2016

60% of doctors in Maharashtra hospitals have faced violence: Study

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2019

The Times of India

What hospitals can do to curb attacks on resident Doctors

Barai - Jaitly, Tejal
Published Year: 2019

TheWire.in

Healthcare providers sensitised on violence against women

P., Suraksha
Published Year: 2021

Deccan Herald

Anger grows against greed in private healthcare system

Published Year: 2014

The Times of India

Health scheme for poor misses its mark: Study

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2017

The Times of India

Needy patients get nothing while charity funds earn interest

Angre, Alekh
Published Year: 2012

MoneyLife.in

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana: Even as state brings national health insurance scheme, it needs to tackle issues in MPJAY

Barnagarwala, Tabassum
Published Year: 2018

Mumbai: Indian Express, March 7, 2018

Read more

Suicides are preventable if a Multi-sectoral strategy is evolved

Pathare, Soumitra; Kalha, Jasmine
Published Year: 2019

The Wire

Gender prejudice affects even medical books!

Gwalani, Payal
Published Year: 2015

The Times of India

A Patch Adams prescription

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Medical course to go gender-sensitive

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Now, MBBS students will get lessons in gender sensitivity

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2017

Mumbai: Times of India, 26 November 2017, p. 5

Read More

Central team studies implementation of respectful maternity programme at GMCH

Sharad, Arpita
Published Year: 2018

Mumbai: Times of India, 1st June 2018

Read more

IMA launches programme to sensitise doctors on sexual health, but fixation on male concerns does disservice to issue

Ravi, Ashika
Published Year: 2018

FIRSTPOST: The Ladies Finger, Jun 09, 2018

Read more

‘2-finger virginity test’ to be erased from Maharashtra syllabus.

DebRoy, Sumitra
Published Year: 2019

Times of India, 8 May 2019

Read more

Public Health

Health-posts: wasting away

Datta, P. T. Jyothi
Published Year: 2012

The Hindu, Business Line

How did COVID-19 impact on reproductive health services in India?

India Development Review
Published Year: 2020

FeminismIndia.com

No. of children in Maharashtra declines by 3.45L in 10 years

Published Year: 2013

Times of India

Hindustan Times - Akshara Round-Table Conference, Sensitisation, not just conviction

Ghanekar, Nikhil
Published Year: 2014

Hindustan Times

Battle for sensitive rape medical test nears end

Published Year: 2014

The Times of India

Satyamev Jayate: Are doctors really asked to treat rape victims with suspicion? NGO releases excerpts from forensic books

Published Year: 2014

IBN Live

Medical examination norms for sexual assault cases await nod

Bhandare , Namita
Published Year: 2014

Live Mint

Protocols and Guidelines for Sexual Assault Response Teams (एक सम्यक प्रयोग)

Datar, Nikhil
Published Year: 2014

Loksatta

The silence that speaks

Published Year: 2014

Business Standard

Action plan formed after talks with experts

Published Year: 2014

Hindustan Times

Victims of abuse should be aware of their rights in hospital

Published Year: 2014

The Hindu

From next week, 3 one-stop centres for rape survivors

Published Year: 2014

The Times of India

Activists not sure castration will deter child rape cases

Madhukalya, Amrita
Published Year: 2015

DNA

Docs uneasy about rape, Pocso cases

Published Year: 2016

The Times of India

Marital rape: the statistics show how real it is

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Not-a-rape rape

Mukherji, Anahita
Published Year: 2015

The Times of India

Doctors to cops: the horror of rape examination in India

George, Arun
Published Year: 2013

FirstPost.com

How to Report a Rape in India

Lahiri, Tripti
Published Year: 2013

The Wall Street Journal

One stop crisis centre to help women fight abuse

Madhukalya, Amrita
Published Year: 2014

DNA India

Many rape survivors wipe off evidence: study

Tatke, Sukhada
Published Year: 2013

The Hindu

What do you do if you have been raped?

Susan, Nisha
Published Year: 2013

in.news.yahoo.com

Medical tests should be more sensitive to rape victims

Published Year: 2013

Times of India

Anti-Women pratices: The case of the two-finger test

Nithya, R.
Published Year: 2013

News Click.In

Health centres are still failing rape survivors, three years after guidelines on unbiased treatment

Rege, Sangeeta; Deosthali, Padma; Reddy, Jagdeesh
Published Year: 2017

Scroll.in, 25th September 2017

Everyone Blames Me: Barriers to justice and support services for sexual assault survivors in India

Human Rights Watch
Published Year: 2017

Human Rights Watch, New Delhi, Web Edition, 8 November 2017

Read More

Despite Government Ban Indian Doctors Continue to Subject Rape Survivors to Intrusive, Illegal Tests

Telesurtv.net
Published Year: 2018

Telesurtv.net, 11 January 2018

Read more

In the Moments After Rape: What To Do, Who to Reach Out To

The Quint
Published Year: 2018

The Quint, 4th April 2018

She was raped while her husband was away, and she was busy decking up her home for a family function in the evening. .... This Manual was published by the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes – or CEHAT – in 2010, based on the experiences of sexual assault survivors in Mumbai's ... Read more

Rape Survivors' Right to Abortion: Are Doctors Listening? : Recent amendments to the rape laws have made it mandatory for all hospitals to provide immediate treatment to survivors of rape. An abortion is an essential element of such care.

Rege, Sangeeta; Deosthali, Padma
Published Year: 2017

The Wire, Health/Law/Rights, 8th September 2017

Read more

Legal assault Victims of rape in South Asia face further violation from the courts Although banned, virginity testing is widespread

Economist
Published Year: 2018

London: The Economics

Read more

Backstory | The 2019 Elections Just Got a Significant Talking Point: Unemployment A fortnightly column from The Wire’s public editor.

Philipose, Pamela
Published Year: 2019

The WIRE: 2019

In a public mail, Sangeeta, from the Mumbai-based Centre for Enquiry Into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), highlighted some problematic aspects of media coverage,

Read more

Hathras rape case: Right to medico-legal care for survivors has a long way to go…

Rege, Sangeeta; Bhate-Deosthali, Padma
Published Year: 2020

The Leaflet.in

Forcible cremation by the state is against the law: Indira Jaising

Ethiraj, Govindraj
Published Year: 2020

BoomLive.in

Medical evidence in rape cases and poor court outcomes

Singh, Anupriya
Published Year: 2020

The Leaflet.in

Maharashtra: Shakti bill could've had devastating effect on society, says activists

Deshpande, Swati
Published Year: 2020

The Times of India

Maharashtra’s New Act on Sexual Violence: A Misdirected Legislation

Rege, Sangeeta; Arora, Sanjida
Published Year: 2020

The Leaflet.in

What Rape Survivors Want? Change In Mindsets & Accountability

Rege, Sangeeta; Bhate-Deosthali, Padma; Arora, Sanjida
Published Year: 2021

TheDialogue.co.in

Violence against women: ‘Gender Akkalu’ the answer?

M. L. Melly Maitreyi
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

पुढचं पाऊल... लैंगिक अत्याचाराला बळी पडलेल्या स्त्रियांच्या वैद्यकीय तपासणीची कौमार्य चाचणी (टू फिंगर टेस्ट) अवैज्ञानिक असल्याचं महाराष्ट्र आरोग्य विद्यापीठाने मान्य केलंय

Published Year: 2019

Read more

The reasons why 63 Indian housewives killed themselves every day in 2018

Kajal, Kapil
Published Year: 2020

Scroll.in

Abuse begins at home

Nath, Dipanita
Published Year: 2020

The Indian Express

US doc faults studies on cervical cancer

Sriram, Jayant
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Cervical cancer: US expert raises doubts over clinical trial on 2.24 lakh women

Published Year: 2016

The Indian Express

Herstory 8 landmark judgements that changed the course for women in India

George, Milan
Published Year: 2018

yourstory.com, 15th January 2018

Read More

Five Stories Of Good Governance That Hold Out Hope For India.

Published Year: 2018

The Quint mentions , how 11 DILAASA centres identified 5,647 women as potential victims of domestic violence. They got 2,554 cases registered for domestic violence and 809 cases for sexual violence, according to municipal records. Sikkim, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam and Uttar Pradesh are replicating and activating this model.

Read more

Interview: Sangeeta Rege

Aleya, Shikha
Published Year: 2020

Tarshi.net In Plainspeak

Tihar's juvenile woes: Over 200 shouldn't be in jail

Published Year: 2012

FIRSTPOST.COM

Publications

Media Coverage

Abortion

Over 100 under-15 girls in Mumbai had abortions in last one year

If you're in your second trimester and want to get an abortion in Maharashtra, good luck

A question of human rights

Shamed and scarred: Stories of 'legal' abortions in India

Not a woman's choice: India's abortion limit puts women at risk, say campaigners

Don't drag child into MTP Act for grownups

Abortion in a lockdown: India says 'yes' but women wonder how

Left in the Lurch

Maharashtra Medical Council takes 15 years to respond to a complaint, dismisses it in one go

Covid curbs bring down abortions in Mumbai by 50%

Child Marriage

More children are being married off than before

Find a better alternative

Domestic Violence

Want Relief (हवा,

Counselling centers for women in 11 hospitals

Nagpur: Focus on domestic violence as public health issue

Victim in the dock: Supreme Court order saying the law on cruelty against women is misused is based on erroneous conclusions drawn from NCRB figures that don’t reveal the whole truth. It needs to be revisited.

GMCH Initiates Project to Check Domestic Violence

कौटुंबिक हिंसाचारग्रस्त महिलांना मिळणार एकाच ठिकाणी उपचार

महिलांवरील हिंसाचार वैद्यकीय सेवेत शोधता येतो: डॉ. येळीकर

One in every four women in Mumbai affected by gender-based violence

GMCH module on gender perspective wins top award.

Indian health workers transform care for women survivors of violence

For some, lockdown is captivity with an abuser

Domestic abuse during COVID-19 lockdown: How to get the help you need

Responding to violence against women – The shadow pandemic during COVID-19

Reopening liquor shops can increase crimes against women: Javed Akhtar

No rise in domestic violence cases, says NCW chairperson

43% of married women in state face spousal violence

Health and Human Rights

Kidney 'donor' fails to find guarantor, back in jail

Health Economics

Budget Breaks on Healthcare: More Cover Without Coverage

Incentive for doctors, staff of govt hospitals under insurance scheme MJPJAY

Health Legislation

Top Mumbai hospitals ignore poor patients: Survey

Hospitals contest NGO report on treatment of poor patients

India’s laws on organ transplants do little to protect rights of organ donors

Health Policy

PMJAY scheme in Maharashtra: 10 lakh families issued e-cards, fewer hospitals empanelled in remote areas

Health Professionals

In Brazil, we have caesarean section parties: How doctors push high-profit surgical deliveries

60% of doctors in Maharashtra hospitals have faced violence: Study

What hospitals can do to curb attacks on resident Doctors

Healthcare providers sensitised on violence against women

Health Services

Anger grows against greed in private healthcare system

Health scheme for poor misses its mark: Study

Needy patients get nothing while charity funds earn interest

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana: Even as state brings national health insurance scheme, it needs to tackle issues in MPJAY

Suicides are preventable if a Multi-sectoral strategy is evolved

Medical Education

Gender prejudice affects even medical books!

A Patch Adams prescription

Medical course to go gender-sensitive

Now, MBBS students will get lessons in gender sensitivity

Central team studies implementation of respectful maternity programme at GMCH

IMA launches programme to sensitise doctors on sexual health, but fixation on male concerns does disservice to issue

‘2-finger virginity test’ to be erased from Maharashtra syllabus.

Public Health

Health-posts: wasting away

Reproductive Health

How did COVID-19 impact on reproductive health services in India?

Sex Discrimination

No. of children in Maharashtra declines by 3.45L in 10 years

Sexual Violence

Hindustan Times - Akshara Round-Table Conference, Sensitisation, not just conviction

Battle for sensitive rape medical test nears end

Satyamev Jayate: Are doctors really asked to treat rape victims with suspicion? NGO releases excerpts from forensic books

Medical examination norms for sexual assault cases await nod

Protocols and Guidelines for Sexual Assault Response Teams (एक सम्यक प्रयोग)

The silence that speaks

Action plan formed after talks with experts

Victims of abuse should be aware of their rights in hospital

From next week, 3 one-stop centres for rape survivors

Activists not sure castration will deter child rape cases