Policy in Action – Sexual Harassment By Anura Pareek To address the rampant issue of sexual harassment of women and the legal recourse and support available, the webinar took place on 28th April, 2020. The one hour long session, led by Advocate Manasi Chaudhari, was followed by an interactive round of questions and answers. Watch full session here. […]
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The Impact of Sex Education in Preventing Sexual Crime By Saumya Khatri Sexual crimes, sex education and patriarchy, these words may sound considerably different from one another but when studied closely, they have a lot in common. Societies built upon the structure of patriarchy often deal with high sexual crimes against women and other LGBTIQ+
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Sex Workers and the Lockdown: A Fight for Survival By Anura Pareek While going under a lockdown to combat the coronavirus was a difficult but extremely vital decision, the hasty enforcement has left daily wage workers utterly helpless. With no means of transportation, a large number of migrant workers are marooned from their homes, with
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Not Safe at Home Anymore By Tanisha Saxena The coronavirus pandemic has left nearly 2.87 million people battling with its severe ramifications by testing positive, while more than 202,000 have succumbed to its deathly grip (as on April 25, 2020). Most nations have been in a strict lockdown for nearly two months. However, these are
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By Avni Gupta Crimes Against Women According to the recent NCRB report, almost 90 women were raped every day in India. With almost 34,000 rape cases, most victims belonged to the age group of 18 to 30 years. In 94 out of 100 cases, the offenders were known to the victims and almost 28% of
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Let’s Talk About Sex! Catchy isn’t it? No, it isn’t a clickbait!“Let’s talk about sex” was the theme of a recent event organized by a youth organisation Pratisandhi that aims to promote dialogue on sexual health education in India. The organisation has been doing a remarkable job in normalising conversations regarding sexual health and related
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Plan B: An insight into emergency contraceptives In the previous blog, we covered pre-planned oral contraception pills aka Plan A. But what do you do when things don’t turn out the way you had planned? You resort to Plan B! When it comes to contraceptives, this plan B is known as emergency contraceptive pill or morning
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Oral Contraceptive : All About Plan A All of us have experienced peer pressure in our lives. Remember the time we begged our parents for the trendiest phone that the other kids had? Or wanted that little black dress worn by our bestie. Well, dating for some is no different either. You might not even
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Safe, Unsafe, and Unwanted: SkoolBag Preschool On 30th May 2019, Team Pratsandhi in collaborated with SkoolBag PreSchool, Noida to undertake a workshop on “Safe and Unsafe Touch”. The workshop covered a wide array of subjects ranging from personal space to understanding the correct names for our body parts. Students between the ages of six and
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Period Sex 101 The idea of period sex can often elicit mixed feelings for a menstruator and their partner. While some may welcome the idea of natural lubrication, others may cringe at the thought. Usually, most individuals and couples avoid engaging in oral or penetrative intercourse during menstruation, usually for reasons that are all but
