Reproductive and Conjugal Rights of Women in India

#WebPolicyLearning | A 3-Day Immersive Online Legal Awareness and Certificate Training Course on Reproductive and Conjugal Rights of Women in India

#IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invites you to #WebPolicyLearning –

A 3-Day Immersive Online Legal Awareness and Certificate Training Course on

Reproductive and Conjugal Rights of Women in India

Dates: December 22-24, 2022
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom

Course Fee: ₹ 1499 (inclusive of GST)

Theme:
No woman can call herself free who does not have control over her own body. Although India takes pride in being among the first countries in the world to develop legal and policy frameworks guaranteeing access to abortion and contraception, women and girls continue to experience significant barriers to the full enjoyment of their reproductive, conjugal as well as matrimonial rights. This includes poor quality health services and denial of decision-making. India’s matrimonial laws touch upon several aspects of sexuality and reproduction, including the role of sex and reproduction in marriage. In their various pronouncements, the Judicial system of India has recognized sexual and reproductive autonomy as an inalienable right of an individual. Despite this, challenges to women’s sexual and reproductive autonomy continue to exist in practice.

This three-day training course will enlighten the participants with the nuances of the reproductive and conjugal rights of women in India. The entrenched issues like restitution of conjugal rights and its implications on rights to sexual and reproductive autonomy and health, denial of sex within marriage perceived as cruelty, marital rape, and so on, will be dealt with. Reproductive rights are essential to the realization of all human rights, encompassing a spectrum of civil, political, economic, and social rights. Horizons like these will also be discussed. This course will be conducted by expert resource persons comprising legal practitioners, civil society activists, professionals, and academics. It is high time that Indian society realizes that marriage- whether it be a sacrament or contract, does not result in ceding of the autonomy of one spouse to another.

For whom: This timely three-day course is for everyone who has a keen interest in the rights of women, and seeks to be legally aware, with special emphasis on reproductive and matrimonial rights. Lawyers, working professionals, researchers, faculties, journalists, civil society members, activists, interested learners, and post-graduate and undergraduate students, would benefit from this course.

Upon successful completion of the program, each participant will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Chair:

Prof Vibhuti Patel
Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI

Convenor:
Dr Simi Mehta
CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI

Expert Trainers

Prof Vina Vaswani
Director, Centre for Ethics, and Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Yenepoya (Deemed to be) University, Mangalore
Topic: Reproductive Justice and Public Health Concerns

Prof (Dr) Saumya Uma
Professor, Jindal Global Law School and
Director, Centre for Women’s Rights (JGLS)
Topic: Restitution of Conjugal Rights as a Matrimonial Remedy in India

Adv Dr Albertina Almeida
Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Goa
Topic: Locating the Discourse on Restitution of Conjugal Rights in the Debate on Uniform Civil Code

Dr Amar Jesani
Independent Researcher and Teacher (Bioethics and Public Health); Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
Topic: Role of Health Workers in Assisting Survivors of Sexual Assault

Adv Dr Shalu Nigam
Advocate, Author, and Researcher, Gender and Human Rights
Topic: Conjugality, Sexuality, and Women’s Rights in India

Prof Bijayalaxmi Nanda
Principal, and Professor of Political Science,, Miranda House, University of Delhi
Topic: Women’s Right Movement Highlighting Women’s Reproductive Rights and Choices

Prof Mala Ramanathan
Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram; Working Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME)
Topic: The Law and Gendered Access to Abortion Services for Married Women in India

Adv Audrey D’Mello
Director, Majlis Legal Centre, Mumbai
Topic: The Law and Reality of Women and Girls facing Sexual and Domestic Violence in India

Adv Mrunalini Deshmukh
Renowned Lawyer and Author, Mumbai
Topic: Conjugal Rights of Women with Special Emphasis on Property, Inheritance and Alimony

Prof Vibhuti Patel
Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI
Topic: Reproductive Rights of Women in India

Registration Form 

Link to Registration Form:  https://forms.gle/WJCWrjSH4a1fe3ZQ7

Payment of Course Fee

Payment Link: https://rzp.io/l/imprircrw

NOTE: Do not proceed to pay without filling the registration form given above or at https://forms.gle/WJCWrjSH4a1fe3ZQ7 registration will NOT be approved without submission of the registration form.

Queries may be directed at: learningatimpri@gmail.com

YouTube Videos:

Day 1: https://youtu.be/X9TY4cn3wzA

Day 2: https://youtu.be/NvFFwMyQBw4

Day 3: https://youtu.be/Jz8sYzb3pnU