NATIONAL DIALOGUE: WOMEN, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Venue: Ashakiran, St. Pius College, Goregaon(E), Mumbai-400063
Mumbai, 23rd to 25th November 2006
Contact: Sabala, Manisha, Vibhuti, Amita Pitre, Kamayani and Chandrima
Day One 23rd Nov. 2006
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Time |
Theme |
Speaker |
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09-00 to 09 - 30 |
Registration |
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9.30 to10.00 |
Tea |
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10.00 to 10.30 |
Inauguration |
Dr. Neeraben Desai |
10.30 to 12.30:
1st Plenary Right of all women to comprehensive health care and holistic health
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1. Women and Health movement - Past, present and looking forward |
Jaya Velankar |
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2. Women's health and Access to health care in the context of Market oriented development |
Dr. Jayati Ghosh |
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3. Barriers to health care access for women with special needs |
Anita Ghai |
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4. Right to health care for all women: Challenges and Strategies |
Manisha Gupte |
12.30 to 2.00 Lunch
2.00 4.00 Parallel Workshops
- Communicable diseases and Public Health response
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Communicable diseases and Public Health System |
Dr. Abha Nagral |
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Impact of resurgence of Communicable diseases on women |
Dr. Kamaxi Bhate |
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Strategies and Challenges for addressing Public Health |
Dr. Ananth Phadke |
- Access to Health care as a Right
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Overview of Access to health care |
Dr. Chandariman Chatterjee |
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Engendering the Disability Act |
Neeta Patel |
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Access to health care of Mentally ill |
Aparna Joshi |
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Impact of State health Policies on threatened tribal groups a case of Kolam tribe in Yavatmal district |
Yogini, SRUJAN |
- Sexuality and Health
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Access of health care services to sex workers |
Chennai |
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Health concerns of transgender (Hijra) |
Shabeena Francis/ Hema Pisal |
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Discrimination experienced by HIV positive people |
Hema Pisal/Mariette |
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Health concerns of Lesbians |
Ketki Ranade |
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Health of Single women |
Nirmala |
- Monitoring Right to Health care Experiences with NRHM
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Design, structure, operational mechanism and limitations of NRHM |
Ajay Khare |
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Critique on Implementation of NRHM |
Sahayog UP/ Sadhana Pathak |
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Gender dimensions of NRHM |
Sulakshana Nandi |
4.30 to 6.00 pm.
5. Maternal Health Services
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Maternal health services - Strategy - Safe motherhood |
Sahayog, UP |
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Contraception, safe abortions, maternal services and safe motherhood |
Prakashamma/Sireesha
Academy for Nursing studies |
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Women's access to maternal health services during pregnancy and child birth |
Smita Bajpai, CHETNA |
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Experiences with AYUSH and good traditional practices like placenta heating etc. |
Dr. Mira Sadgopal |
6. Health Care Providers Their response to Health Rights of women
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ANM, Nurses, CHVs, Dais,
Anganwadi teachers |
Prakashamma,
Hazra and Kishori (AIDWA) |
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Perceptions of Health care providers on shifts and changes in health care provision |
Dr. Meena Gopal |
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Organising Dais - TBAs |
Smita Bajpai |
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Nurses Trade union |
Ranjana Athawale |
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Equipping women community healers with healing therapies an experience (Chaibasa Charter) |
Ajitha |
7. Health Sector Reforms and State Accountability
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Drug policy, patent, drug pricing, regulation of private sector Strategies |
Chinnu Srinivasan |
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Ethics of Health Care |
Dr. Amar Jesani |
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Need for legislation for regulation of health care |
Dr. Kanamma Raman |
8. Strategies to ensure women's Health
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Mainstreaming women's health agendas in Panchayats: Mechanisms and challenges |
Sejal, Anandi, Gujarat |
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IFFHRO Documenting health Rights violations |
Ad. Kamayani |
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Legal Activism and health |
Dr. R.P.Ravindra |
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Social Audit |
Sunita Sahi |
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Experiences of training Nurses on Violence as Public Health issue |
Audrey, Tathapi |
7.00 pm. Cultural programme Play by VAMP Mai, Meri Ma. Uski Gharwali, Uska Malik
Day two: 24th Nov. 2006
9.00 11 am
2nd Plenary : Violence (of State, Militarism, Family and Development) and
Women's Health.
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Development: Fulfillment or violation of women's health rights? |
Kavita Srivastava |
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Social determinants of health and issues for advocacy. |
Sejal Dhand |
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Population control Policies Violation of Rights |
Dr. Mohan Rao |
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Marginalisation and Stigmatisation Marginalised sexualities/genders, dalit, HIV+ve, Disability, Mentally ill, |
Meena Seshu |
11.00 am. Tea break
11.30 to 1.00 pm.
Parallel Workshop
1.Violence against Women a Public Health Concern
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Violence on women Public health issue |
Audrey, Tathapi |
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Violence on children as health human rights issue. |
Vidya Apte |
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Violence against women of age: Some policy issues |
Anju and Swatija |
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Impact of Violence on women's health
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Sahiyar/AWAG
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2.Violence in Custodial Institutions
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Health conditions of Women Prison inmates |
Rekha - SUDHAR |
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Health of women in Mental Asylums and condition of mental health in Madhya Pradesh |
Shabana - Maitri Project
Meenu |
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Violence on Domestic helpers |
Domestic Workers Union, Mumbai |
- Violence in Conflict situations
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Status of Women's health in J&K as a result of continuing political conflict |
Sahba Husain |
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North East |
Jennifer Liang |
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Health of women affected by Gujarat carnage |
Hanif Lakdawalla |
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Violence on women by Salwa Judum - Dantewada |
Chattisgarh |
4.State Policies and violence
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Population control politics |
SAMA |
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Panchayati Raj Bill Two child norm |
Kiran Moghe |
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Withdrawal of the two child norm H.P. |
SUTRA |
1.00 to 2 pm. Lunch
2.00 = 4 pm.
5. Traditional and social practices and Violence
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Child Marriage and its effects on women |
MASUM/Ad. Jaya Sagade |
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Honour Killing |
AALI |
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Honour killing Punjab experience |
Karminder |
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Political Economy of the practice of Witch hunting |
Brian |
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Sex Selection |
Leni |
6. Social Determinants of Health
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Food Security and EGS |
Madhuri Behan |
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Housing Rights and women's health |
Shivani Chaudary |
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Right to food security/ distribution |
Ulka Mahajan |
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Right to water |
Seema Kulkarni |
7. Market oriented development and women's Health
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Market driven development and violence Mining, forest, dams, |
Suhas, Ajitha, Sulakshana |
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Challenges of Tourism development to women's health |
Ad. Albertina |
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Gas tragedy and its impact on Women's health |
Massarat, Sambhavana |
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Development disaster Tsunami and its impact on women |
Beulah |
8. Occupational and Environmental Health:
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Overview of Occupational and Environmental Health |
Padmini Swaminathan |
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Detrimental effects of mining on women's Health |
Regina Tirkey |
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Health hazards of Ragpickers |
Purnima Chikurmani |
4.30 to 6.30 1. Heal yourself Guided imagery positive thoughts, auto
suggestion
.. by Kishwar Shirali
2. Acupunture as an alternative therapy Mercy Murickan
3. Games women play - Daivashala
7.00 pm. Cultural programme Dwandhwa..
Day Three 25th Nov. 2006
09-00 to 09 - 30 Presentation on Past two days.
09-30 to 11 - 00 Dialogue between different Campaigns like - J.S.A., Tribal,
Right to Food, LGBT, etc.
11-30 to 01 - 00 Open for discussion and recommendations.
1.00 2.00 Lunch
02-00 to 03-00 Adoption of Women's Health Charter/declaration
03-00 to 04-00 Valedictory Plenary and Felicitation of Dalit Feminist Activist Ruth Manorama
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Gender Budgeting as a tool for monitoring social sector committment |
Dr. Vibhuti Patel |
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How has JSA included women's issues and concerns with the state |
Dr. Abhay Shukla |
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Valedictory address |
Dr. Ruth Manorama |
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Peace and Social Justice as essential determinants for women's well being |
Abha Bhaiya |
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Concluding Remarks |
Sabala. |
