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2022

Can’t Dismiss Rape Survivor’s Testimony Simply Due to Lack of Medical Evidence: Mumbai Court

Rakshit, Devrupa
Published Year: 2022

The Swaddle.com

India needs to focus on societal, government action to stamp out discrimination at hospitals: Experts

Adil, Ahmad
Published Year: 2022

Anadolu Agency

The law that criminalises sex between young people in India

Jain, Mahima
Published Year: 2022

Scroll.in

Public mental health in India: A case of misplaced priorities

Rege, Sangeeta; Bhowmick, Mukul
Published Year: 2022

The Leaflet.in

A lot left to do, yet Maharashtra a beacon in gender sensitivity in Medical education

Published Year: 2022

The Times of India

Custodial deaths 'Due to Natural Causes’ – A trump card for masking what really happens?

Lokaneeta, Jinee
Published Year: 2022

The Wire.in

Survivors of domestic abuse in Mumbai are as young as 18 and as old as 70

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2022

Mumbai Mirror

The right to abortion should be a Woman’s decision

Dsilva, Elsamarie
Published Year: 2022

SheThePeople

Abortions dipped 40% and 20% in 2 pandemic years

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2022

The Times of India

What Rape Survivors Want? Change In Mindsets & Accountability

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

TheDialogue.co.in

Healthcare providers sensitised on violence against women

P., Suraksha
Published Year: 2021

Deccan Herald

Secondary victimisation of rape survivors: Adding insult to injury

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

The Leaflet.in

Domestic violence as a shadow pandemic

Jaising, Indira
Published Year: 2021

Newsclick.in

Domestic violence as the shadow pandemic

Jaising, Indira
Published Year: 2021

The Leaflet.in

Remembering Keshav Sir

Bhate-Deosthali, Padma
Published Year: 2021

The Leaflet.in

Indicators for assessing what works to redress violence against women in intimate spaces

Basu, Asmita
Published Year: 2021

The Leaflet.in

Dispatches from India: Pandemic impacts women’s health

Buckshee, Devina
Published Year: 2021

Yale School of Public Health

Abortion rights in North America and India: A comparative socio-legal analysis

Sahgal, Kanav Narayan
Published Year: 2021

BarandBench.com

Time to muffle those downhearted ditties, stamp out domestic violence

Ganesan Ram, Sharmila
Published Year: 2021

The Times of India

Strengthening the health system response to violence against women in Maharashtra, India

World Health Organization
Published Year: 2021

World Health Organization

Labour-room violence

Singh, Gurpriya
Published Year: 2021

The Pioneer.com

Find a better alternative

Majumdar, Swapna
Published Year: 2020

The Pioneer

For some, lockdown is captivity with an abuser

Vatsalya, P.
Published Year: 2020

Mid-day

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

Published Year: 2020

Reuters.in

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

Covid curbs bring down abortions in Mumbai by 50%

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2020

The Times of India

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

Abuse begins at home

Nath, Dipanita
Published Year: 2020

The Indian Express

43% of married women in state face spousal violence

Published Year: 2020

The Times of India

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

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

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

India Development Review
Published Year: 2020

FeminismIndia.com

Left in the Lurch

Aggarwal, K. K.
Published Year: 2020

IndiaLegalLive.com

Interview: Sangeeta Rege

Aleya, Shikha
Published Year: 2020

Tarshi.net In Plainspeak

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

Ganapatye, Shruti
Published Year: 2020

Mumbai Mirror

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

Kajal, Kapil
Published Year: 2020

Scroll.in

Ordeal of a pregnant child rape survivor denied timely health care

Rege, Sangeeta; Bhate-Deosthali, Padma; Pradhan, Anagha; Singh, Anupriya
Published Year: 2020

The Leaflet.in

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

Rege, Sangeeta
Published Year: 2019

Mumbai: Times of India, 13th January 2019

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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,

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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.

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

DebRoy, Sumitra
Published Year: 2019

Times of India, 8 May 2019

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

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2019

The Times of India

Suicides are preventable if a Multi-sectoral strategy is evolved

Pathare, Soumitra; Kalha, Jasmine
Published Year: 2019

The Wire

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

Barnagarwala, Tabassum
Published Year: 2019

The Indian Express

Indian health workers transform care for women survivors of violence

Published Year: 2019

World Health Organization

What hospitals can do to curb attacks on resident Doctors

Barai - Jaitly, Tejal
Published Year: 2019

TheWire.in

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

Telesurtv.net
Published Year: 2018

Telesurtv.net, 11 January 2018

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

George, Milan
Published Year: 2018

yourstory.com, 15th January 2018

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Budget Breaks on Healthcare: More Cover Without Coverage

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

The Wire, 8th February 2018. Online

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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

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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

Central team studies implementation of respectful maternity programme at GMCH

Sharad, Arpita
Published Year: 2018

Mumbai: Times of India, 1st June 2018

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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

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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

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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

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

Express News Services
Published Year: 2018

Mumbai: Indian Express, 12 September 2018

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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.

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2017

Muslim women face discrimination in government-run healthcare institutions

Barnagarwala, Tabassum
Published Year: 2017

The Indian Express

Victims of sex crime race strict Indian abortion deadline

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2017

Reuters.in

FEATURE-Victims of sex crime race strict Indian abortion deadline

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2017

DNA

Twenty-week abortion deadline adds more pain to rape victims

The Hindu
Published Year: 2017

The Hindu

Round-table meet discusses support system for burn surivors

The Hindu
Published Year: 2017

The Hindu

Shocking statistics of women burn victims in India and steps to rehabilitate them in society

Shinoli, Jyoti
Published Year: 2017

My Medical Mantra.com

Burns patients should get disability benefits

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2017

The Times of India

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

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

The Times of India

Health scheme for poor misses its mark: Study

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2017

The Times of India

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

Now, MBBS students will get lessons in gender sensitivity

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2017

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

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

Published Year: 2017

Scroll.in, December 15th 2017,

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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

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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

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

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

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2017

Reuters: 6 September 2017,

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Don't drag child into MTP Act for grownups

Times of India
Published Year: 2017

Mumbai: Times of India, 29 July 2017

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2016

US doc faults studies on cervical cancer

Sriram, Jayant
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Sex determination: An old law, a new debate

Mascarenhas, Anuradha
Published Year: 2016

The Indian Express

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

Published Year: 2016

The Indian Express

Docs uneasy about rape, Pocso cases

Published Year: 2016

The Times of India

A Patch Adams prescription

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Marital rape: the statistics show how real it is

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Making one stop centres for violence against women work

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Medical course to go gender-sensitive

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Life after rape

Rebello, Joeanna
Published Year: 2016

Times of India

A question of human rights

Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

In rape-induced pregnancies, abortion should be seen as treatment: activists

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Female Child Is Entitled To Enjoy Equal Right Of A Male Child: SC Issues Directions To Curb Female Foeticide

Published Year: 2016

LiveLaw.in

Campaign to end abuse of women during childbirth

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2016

The Times of India

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

Vora, Priyanka
Published Year: 2016

Scroll.in, 2016

More children are being married off than before

Srivastava, Roli
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

Violence against women: ‘Gender Akkalu’ the answer?

M. L. Melly Maitreyi
Published Year: 2016

The Hindu

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

Rao, Menaka
Published Year: 2015

Yahoo News

Crisis Intervention Centre for Women at ASILO Hospital Mapusa

Published Year: 2015

Goa Infomedia

Union Budget: Allocation for Schemes for rape survivors given a miss, says CEHAT

Published Year: 2015

The Indian Express

Aruna Shanbaug, also the face of brutal sexual assault in workplace

Published Year: 2015

Hindustan Times

What makes the two-finger test so controversial

Published Year: 2015

DNA

Can CSR funds make a difference in healthcare?

Manku, Moyna
Published Year: 2015

Livemint

Nagpur: Focus on domestic violence as public health issue

Gwalani, Payal
Published Year: 2015

The Times of India

Gender prejudice affects even medical books!

Gwalani, Payal
Published Year: 2015

The Times of India

Activists not sure castration will deter child rape cases

Madhukalya, Amrita
Published Year: 2015

DNA

Not-a-rape rape

Mukherji, Anahita
Published Year: 2015

The 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

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

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

Published Year: 2014

IBN Live

Want Relief (हवा,

Burte, Aruna; Phadke, Sandhya
Published Year: 2014

Loksatta

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

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

Iyer, Malathy
Published Year: 2014

The Times of India

The silence that speaks

Published Year: 2014

Business Standard

Anger grows against greed in private healthcare system

Published Year: 2014

The Times of India

Action plan formed after talks with experts

Published Year: 2014

Hindustan Times

Counselling centers for women in 11 hospitals

Barnagarwala, Tabassum
Published Year: 2014

The Indian Express

Violence against women needs priority in India's health policy

Mascarenhas, Anuradha
Published Year: 2014

The Indian Express

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

One stop crisis centre to help women fight abuse

Madhukalya, Amrita
Published Year: 2014

DNA 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

Many rape survivors wipe off evidence: study

Tatke, Sukhada
Published Year: 2013

The Hindu

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

Dixit, Neha
Published Year: 2013

FIRSTPOST.COM

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

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

Published Year: 2013

Times of India

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

Nithya, R.
Published Year: 2013

News Click.In

Needy patients get nothing while charity funds earn interest

Angre, Alekh
Published Year: 2012

MoneyLife.in

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

Published Year: 2012

FIRSTPOST.COM

Health-posts: wasting away

Datta, P. T. Jyothi
Published Year: 2012

The Hindu, Business Line