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IMPRI, a startup research think tank, is a platform for pro-active, independent, non-partisan and policy-based research. It contributes to debates and deliberations for action-based solutions to a host of strategic issues. IMPRI is committed to democracy, mobilization and community building.
  • Joined: October 30, 2020
  • Articles: 2399

Linkages of Sexuality and Gender with Other Development Issues

A five-day immersive online certificate training course on Beyond Binaries: Understanding Sexual Identities and Queer Rights Issues in India was launched by IMPRI (Impact and Policy Research Institute) in collaboration with the Gender Impact Studies Centre (GISC) in honour of pride month. Session 4 of day four was led by Rituparna Borah, the co-founder and director of Nazariya: a queer feminist resource group on the linkages of sexuality and gender with other development issues: concepts of sexual norms and sexual hierarchy.

Agnipath Scheme: Paving Way to Atmanirbhar Bharat

On the 14th of June, 2022, the Defense Minister, Rajanath Singh launched the Agnipath Scheme (Agnipath Yojana) as a tour-of-duty style scheme for the recruitment of youths as soldiers into the three services of the armed forces as Agniveers for four years period. It follows a Pan India merit-based recruitment where the youths are even given an opportunity to apply for enrolment in a regular cadre, wherein up to 25% of the Agniveers can be selected as regular cadre through a central, transparent, and regular system after four years. These youths are subject to attractive monthly emoluments and a handsome “Seva Nidhi” package.

Is the Vagabond Happy? Friendship, Family and Queerness

The workshop titled "Beyond Binaries: Understanding Sexual Identities and Queer Rights Issues in India" was a five-day immersive online certificate training course organized by the IMPRI Gender Impact Study Centre (GISC). The event featured an esteemed panel of experts who shared their expertise and experiences.

Transgender and Horizontal Reservations, Litigation and Advocacy in India

Enlightening the attendees with the actual conditions of transgenders and other minorities in India, Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli, an LGBT rights activist and co-founder of Telangana Hijra Intersex Transgender Samiti (THITS), presented the audience with some facts and figures about what really happening in the country and how far the legal system is helpful in ensuring a fair, just and equal treatment of the minorities specifically the transgenders in India.

Queer Identity and Rights: Experiences From Assam

Decoding the prevailing conditions of the Assamese queer community from an insider point of view, Dr Prateeti Barman, an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assam downtown University, Guwahati, Assam, shared with the attendees her own encounters with the LGBTQIA+ individuals on the fourth day of “Beyond Binaries: Understanding Sexual Identities and Queer Rights Issues in India” - a Five-Day Immersive Online Certificate Training Course by the Gender Impacts Study Centre (GISC) on behalf of IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute of India on the instance of Pride Month.

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