It is a pamphlet in Tamil on What is Contraception; which explains male and female reproductive systems and how conception occurs in a very simple way. Download.
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Centre-Staging safety of Delivery (Moving beyond the Home vs. Institution Debate: Women’s Voices Series -3
It was also hoped that participants would attempt to define “safe delivery” from the woman’s and baby’s perspective and develop criteria, both technical and non technical that would define a safe delivery.
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Gender, Sex-Selection and Safe Abortion : Creating Common Ground: Women’s Voices Series -2
A need was therefore felt to engage with this issue of declining sex ratios and sex selective abortions while at the same time ensuring access to safe abortion services.Read more
Planning and implementing community-based sexual and reproductive health programmes: manual for grassroots organizations:
The objective for putting together this manual is for sharing with other grassroots organizations the lessons RUWSEC has learned over the past two decades on planning and implementing community-based sexual and reproductive health programmes Read more
Partners in progress: An experiment in NGO-Public Sector collaboration for the promotion of Quality of Reproductive Health Services: V. Deepa
This report details an attempt by RUWSEC to implement the concept of quality RH services through the collaboration between the NGO and the Public Sector in two PHCs, which was selected for the programme. Read more
Winds of change : Empowering Panchayat Elected Women Members and the community. Lata Ramasehsan
This document details the NGO public sector collaboration in the empowerment of women ward members of the Panchayat who, through a continuous two year training course, became change agents at the individual level as also at the societal level at large.
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Honouring Women: A Report on Women-Centered Midwifery training: N Srilakshmi
In March 2000, an international expert on midwifery was invited to train the RUWSEC staff health workers and the midwives/dais trained by RUWSEC. A detailed report of the training process conducted is...
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Partnering with men to promote gender equity and reproductive rights: Experiences of a grass-roots women’s organisation
This document reports on the evolution of men’s programme over a period of 10 years, the activities carried out and their effectiveness, and lessons learnt. We also discuss the implications of our experiences for programming for men’s involvement in reproductive health in other contexts.Read more
Walk with confidence: Assertiveness Training for rural adolescent girls
This report describes in detail a trainers’ training programme conducted in May 2000 for a network of grassroots dalit women’s organisations. Read more
Subverting patriarchy workshops for rural women- A training Manual – TK Sundari Ravindran
In July 1981, a ‘founding’ workshop was planned and carried out by Sundari in order to prepare ourselves for the new phase. The workshop was intensive, and lasted five days (and evenings). The report shares the content, process and outcome of this workshop Read more