The Sexuality and Rights Institute In India

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Announcment:

The Sexuality and Rights Institute is an annual two week long residential course

that focuses on a conceptual study of sexuality. It will examine the interface

between sexuality and rights and its links with the related fields of gender and

health.

Sexuality spans multiple disciplines and areas of work. Accordingly, the course

content of the Sexuality and Rights Institute will draw from different social

science disciplines. National and international faculty will teach the courses.

They will employ different pedagogical methods including classroom instruction,

group work, case studies, simulation exercises, fiction and films. The medium of

instruction and discussion will be English. Participants will examine sexual and

reproductive health programs as well as various legal and socio-cultural issues

and will incorporate their learning into planning and working on programmes.

Course themes cover: Conceptual background; The Rights Framework and Sexuality;

Sexuality and Gender; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Victimhood and

Agency; Representation of Sexuality; Sexual diversities.

The core faculty includes: Radhika Chandiramani, Dr. Lynn Freedman,

Geetanjali Misra, Dr. Tan, Dr. Jyoti Sanghera, and Dr. Carole Vance.

Other national and international resource persons will also be part of the

faculty.

Individuals working on issues of sexuality, rights, health or gender are

eligible to apply. A maximum of twenty-five participants will be selected each

year, based on their applications and personal interviews. Candidates must be

fluent in English. Participants are required to stay for the whole duration of

the course.

The Sexuality and Rights Institute will hold its first course in March 2002 in

Pune, Maharashtra. Participants will stay on campus in twin-sharing

accommodation. The Institute will cover costs of lodging and boarding for the

2002 course. Some travel scholarships will be available on a needs basis.

The Institute is a collaborative initiative of CREA (Creating Resources for

Empowerment in Action) and TARSHI (Talking About Reproductive and Sexual Health

Issues). Both CREA and TARSHI are registered non-profit organisations. Based on

a vision of the right to sexual well-being for all people, TARSHI works towards

expanding sexual and reproductive choices in people's lives. CREA aims at

enhancing the capabilities of a new generation of women leaders using a rights

based approach to address issues of reproductive and sexual health, violence

against women and gender equity.

For more information and the application form, please contact The Sexuality and

Rights Institute at either of the addresses given below.

E-mail: tarshi@... /Email: crea@...

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