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Maternal Health

Gur Me Surakshit Prasav Kaise Kare (How to Conduct Safe Delivery at Home)

A Hindi guide for training community birth attendants on how to conduct save delivery at home. This set of flash-cards has 37 pictures with text.

Rs 50

Gharelu Sanjeevani (A Manual on Herbal-Based Home Remedies)

This illustrated manual is intended to help even low-literacy community health workers use herbal-based home remedies for common health problems.

Rs 25

Gunvatta Parak Dekbhal – Gunvatta Parak Swasthya Sevaon Me Sudhar Ke Liye Ruprekha (Guidelines for Advocacy Towards Quality Improvement in Health Care Services)

An advocacy manual to improve the quality of health care services.

FREE

Uttar Pradesh Me Dekbhal Garbhpat (Abortion in Uttar Pradesh)

A paper on issues and challenges around abortion in Uttar Pradesh.

FREE

Mother Courageous – Maternal Deaths and Discontents in Uttar Pradesh (Film)

A 28 minute-long film documenting the serious state of maternal health and the burden of maternal mortality in Uttar Pradesh.

Rs 120

Citizens Without Rights (Film)

A 55 minute-long film documenting testimonies of women survivors who have struggled to seek justice after violations of their rights, including right to maternal health, right to reproductive health services, right to choice and right to be free of violence.

Rs 120

Body Apron Set

The set is a quick guide to the human body. It comprises a skin-coloured cloth apron set that shows the inside of the human body, the various stages of the menstrual cycle, the process of conception, development of the foetus and how contraception works. Labelled in Hindi, it has 17 detachable button-on panels.

 

Manual for Community Documentation on Safe Motherhood

This manual contains information on the right to safe motherhood, the role of community documentation in a rights-based approach, the issues that should be documented, how to conduct and share a community needs assessment, how to document case studies, and how to use case studies for community awareness and planning.

 

Partners in Change: State-Level Dialogue on the Right to Safe Motherhood (2004)

A report summarizing the background, objectives, activities and outcomes of the State-Level Dialogue on the Right to Safe Motherhood that was held on May 27, 2004 and organized by Kriti Resource Centre and WHRAP Network Partners.

 

Understanding Reproductive Health - A Resource Pack

A collection of 14 booklets on important reproductive health topics.

Rs 300

Uttar Pradesh mah matruthwa Swasthya ek suchana sankalan. 2005. (A Information kit on Maternal Health in Uttar Pradesh)

KEEP

 

Safe Motherhood Services-A Social Audit 

Abortion Assessment Project-India (State Level Dissemination Meeting)

Meeting report in Hindi and English

 

Voices from the Ground: Women Show the Way – Event Report (2005)

An in-depth report on the Voices from the Ground dialogue held from 27-29 December, 2005 between community women and men, NGOs and government officials. The report includes a detailed description of the event with photos and testimonies of women, a summary of key statistics shared and recommendations made, as well as a complete list of participants.

FREE

National Report on Maternal Health for CEDAW (2005)

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Maternal Mortality in India: Dying to Give Birth (2005)

A paper exploring the seriousness of the problem of maternal mortality in India that traces the key perspectives and debates surrounding maternal mortality, analyzes the current policies and laws, highlights the current state of services and finances for maternal mortality and strategies in use by key civil society groups, and advocates for adopting a rights based approach for reducing maternal mortality.

 

The Womb of Death (2005)

A booklet describing the myriad ways in which unlettered women from villages in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have begun to exercise their agency and raise their voice to prevent maternal death.

Rs 50

Civil Society Window on Reducing Maternal Mortality – Some Workable Solutions (Nov. 2006)

KEEP

 

Demands for Women’s Rights to Maternal Health (Pamphlet)

KEEP

 

Women’s Rights to Maternal Health – Types of Rights (Poster)

KEEP

 

The Issue of High Maternal Deaths in Uttar Pradesh State (Poster)

KEEP

 

Campaign on Right to Maternal Health (Puri Nagrik Pura Haq) Wall Planner in Hindi (2006)

KEEP

 

Women’s Campaign Puri Nagrik Pura Haq Report

BLUE Version - Keep

 

WHRAP Phase II Baseline Survey Report (2006)

A report on the findings of a baseline survey carried out with WHRAP partner organizations in 2006 that gives an insight into the current scenario and assesses the capacities at the level of CBOs, community women, EAG partners, and state government officials to make advocacy on maternal health effective and sustainable.

 

Community Based Audit for Monitoring Quality of Maternal Health Services in Uttaranchal, India (2006)

A summary of the process and outcomes of a community based audit of primary maternal health service provision and service uptake that was carried out in two development blocks of two different districts of Uttaranchal state in northern India, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar.

 

Literature Review on Access to Health Services for Women Workers in the Unorganized Sector (2006-2007)

An examination of what current literature says about the conditions, situation and access to health services for women workers in the unorganized sector in India, with particular focus on these women’s ability to access maternal health services.

 

Experiences with Janani Suraksha Yojana in Uttar Pradesh: Analysis of Case Studies by SAHAYOG and Partners (2007)

A paper that draws on documented case studies to detail the results of an assessment of the implementation of JSY in U.P., including how far JSY has succeeded in having pregnant women registered and tracked, how far JSY has motivated women to attend institutions for childbirth, and whether institutions have improved maternal health services as a result of NRHM.

 

Maternal Health Policy & Programme Solutions (2007) (Flyer)

This flyer, which was presented at the 2007 Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health (APCRSH) describes a new way to approach work on maternal health by viewing women as rights holders. The flyer also summarizes the work of SAHAYOG and partner NGOs to build women’s capacity to monitor and help improve maternal health services in Uttar Pradesh.

 

Women's Voices - State Accountability for Maternal Health in Uttar Pradesh (2005)

A state-level report prepared in context of the CEDAW Implementation Review by NGOs in 2004. It contains an analysis of 12 case studies on maternal health and 11 cases on family planning operations performed on women, in the light of CEDAW commitments by the government.

 

Work with Men and Boys

Sara Jahan Hamara (The World is Ours)

A set of 15 Flash Cards on men and gender equality developed specially for training with men

 

Saanp- Sidi

A snakes and ladders board game developed for bringing about gender sensitivity among youth and men (Hindi).

25 R

Umang (Enthusiasm, joyous energy)

An activity book for developing gender sensitivity among male adolescents in Hindi. ( 26 pages)

30 R

Insaniyat ki khoj me (In Search of Humanity)

A Flash card set of 25 flash cards on men’s role in stopping violence against women.

50 R

Khwab aur Haqiquat (Dreams and Reality)

An illustrated story book about a young migrant.

 

Yaaron ke beech ki Batein (A chat among friends)

Flash card set on the issues of masculinities, gender and HIV/AIDS in the context of male-out migration

 

HIV/AIDS Jaankari Prapatra (Information Kit)

FAQ booklet to help with discussion on HIV/AIDS

 

5 Stickers on HIV/AIDS

Depicting migrant men as responsible partners to prevent HIV/AIDS

 

Poster on HIV/AIDS

A poster for social activists working on the grassroots level on masculinities, gender and HIV/AIDS in the context of male-outmigration

 

Rediscovering Ourselves

Documentation of the work of MASVAW (Men’s Action for Stopping Violence against Women) members in different part of Uttar Pradesh. The booklet highlights the community level changes that have started taking place in men. (English, 20 pages)

 

Manual for Working with Men on Gender, Sexuality, Violence and Health

The purpose of this Trainers’ Manual is to serve as a resource for those working with men and boys around issues of Citizenship, Rights, Gender, Health, Sexuality and Violence (in four languages).

150 R

Forging New Partnerships

32 page booklet introducing the subject and containing various issues, debates, experiences and  resources on the subject.

 

Men Beyond Bridges (2006)

Evaluates the impact of an intervention on gender equality, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS among rural youth in two districts of UP.

 

Campaign-based material such as posters and pamphlets in Hindi

Changing the Course

A film on men and boys initiatives for gender equality and stopping violence, created by Save the Children - Sweden. 17 minutes.

FREE

Children's Action

Save the Children Sweden's film about children's actions to end violence against children. Short visuals of MASVAW partners appear in the film. 11 minutes

FREE

A Different Reality

The study is exploration of the positive and negative consequences fel by nine men who are exemplary for their work in the MASVAW momvement.

 

Violence Against Women

 

 

Ground Reality (2000)

Documenting Evidences of Violence Against Women in U.P. Basedon literature reviews and monitoring study carried out as part of the "Hinsa Sehna Bandh (HISAAB)-Stop Tolerating Violence" Campaign, November 2000. English, 50 pages.

 

Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

The Emerging Agenda : Adolescents

32 page booklet introducing the subject of working with adolescents and containing various issues, debates, experiences and resources on the subject

 

Sex Education Fact Sheet (2007)

This fact sheet includes data on the current realities of youth sexual and reproductive health and rights in India, with a focus on Uttar Pradesh.

 

Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Literature Review (2007)

A review of themost current relevant research and data on youth SRHR in India.

 

Gender Equality

Redefining women’s citizenship to engender governance: A civil society campaign (2004)

Based on a collective project to document cases of women’s rights violations in Uttar Pradesh as part of monitoring the state implementation of the international treaty CEDAW

 

Campaign on CEDAW Brief Report (2004)

Brief report of the campaign "Complete Citizen Total Rights."

 

Women's Election Manifesto (2004)

As part of the "Complete Citizens, Total Rights Campaign," a list women's rights to be incorporated into the General Election candidate's campaign agendas.

 

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