Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Dalit Women in Tamil Nadu
RUWSEC has rich experience in conducting community health and morbidity surveys, women gendered research on gender, sexual and reproductive health rights issues. Our Research Activities
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This is a case study of the state of Tamil Nadu in India which aims to explore the extent to which government’s commitment to improving public sector health facilities has translated into access to maternal and other reproductive health services for women from the most marginalised sections of society.Read more
This article describes one component of this comprehensive programme, namely the creation of pressure groups within the community to champion the prevention of gender-based violence.Read more
This paper seeks to examine aspects of these recent reforms which aim to improve components of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Tamil Nadu.Read more
This paper describes lessons learned about strategies to address rural women’s health issues, through the work of Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC).Read more
The research has suggested that the village health committees and PHC, CHC and hospital patient welfare societies (along with other provisions under NRHM) have improved health services in public health facilities in the two districts visited, and more so at the sub centre, PHC and CHC levels than at the hospital level.Read more
About 61 percent of girls felt tired during periods and 22 percent felt nauseous. About two fifth of the girls felt tense, anxious and angry during their periods.Read more
This study in rural Tamil Nadu, India, explored the reasons why many married women in India undergo induced abortions rather than use reversible contraception to space or limit births in terms of women’s sexual and reproductive rights within marriage, and in the context of gender relations between couples.Read more
The prevalence of substance usage among men is very high. Nearly one sixth of the men in the study area reported that they had habit of using one or more substances. Importantly, three out of four substance users in the area were either regular users or addicts.Read more
The study examined inequities in prevalence and utilisation of health care services for acute, chronic and reproductive morbidity.Read more
