Sexual Rights
A Critical View Of Sexual Health Education In Iran
When I was 16, I thought: ‘Some topics in physics have no benefit for students throughout their life. For instance,…
By Nikzad Zangeneh
December 1, 2013
Adolescent Sexuality – Values And Conflicts In The Field
As development professionals, our tasks involve reflecting on the norms that service providers, colleagues and field staff engaging with communities hold on to so strongly. How can programmes create safe spaces to match up to service providers’ professional and personal beliefs so that they can challenge those norms in their own families and be non-judgmental?
By Suniti Neogy
December 2, 2019
Beyond The Simple Formulas
‘Woman? It’s simple, say the fanciers of simple formulas: she is a womb, an ovary; she is a female –…
By Shweta Krishnan
March 1, 2014
Editorial: Human Rights and Sexuality
So while theoretically we should all have the right to make our own decisions about matters to do with our sexuality, have the right to sexual and reproductive health care, the right to love who we want to, and the right to be free from violence and discrimination based on our sexual choices, to name just a few sexual rights, even today many people do not have these rights.
By TARSHI
December 16, 2019
From Village to City: ‘Housemaids’ and their Sexual Desires
A few days ago, my cousin saw Anita masturbating while going to sleep. And while having a discussion around this, I realised how, even after its being noticed, nobody wanted to talk about finding ways to discuss it with her in a pleasure-affirming manner.
By Medha Kalsi
Human Rights and Sexuality in Manipur
In some of the country’s most conflicted regions, activism on issues of sexuality (if it’s aligned to human rights) is both a risky affair and one of secondary importance in the midst of larger socio-political and historical issues. The topic of human rights tends to center on gun violence, AFSPA, statehood and insurgency.
By Kumam Davidson Singh
December 2, 2019
Interview – This is what you bring to the table!
In this write up, we’d like to share a sense of what emerges from a compilation of these responses. This is based on the thoughts and feelings that come through for those of us here at In Plainspeak who have had the joy of reading the original responses as they came in to us. (Some of the quotations that follow have been slightly edited for flow and to help connect themes.) We know that most things in the realm of art, information and ideas lend themselves to a wide range of inferences and insights depending on the individuals making the inferences.
By Shikha Aleya
March 1, 2022
Interview – Tishani Doshi
I’ve essentially thought of movement as a kind of freedom, but one that has the capacity to destabilise you in some way. My most creative moments are when I’m not moving, when I am in fact rooted and still.
By Shikha Aleya
May 3, 2022
December 15, 2015
Interview: Anjali Gopalan
A photo of Anjali Gopalan, who has short black and gray hair and dark eyes. Anjali is smiling, wearing a light pink dupatta.
By Anisha Dutt
December 1, 2013
Issue in Focus
Expanding contexts give the word ‘movement’ different meanings and value. Physical, conceptual, technological, relationship, emotional, mental, power, knowledge, ability, access, may be amongst the contexts immediately identified.
By Shikha Aleya
May 3, 2022
Issue in Focus: Sexual Rights
It may be useful to visualise sexual rights as a large tree with deep roots and a vast canopy of leaves. Or as a giant umbrella. Or a big tent. Whatever tickles your imagination and allows you to see it as a conceptual and practical tool to make claims for any aspect that relates to how we express sexuality.
By Radhika Chandiramani
December 2, 2019
Issue In Focus: Sexual Rights
It may be useful to visualize sexual rights as a large tree with deep roots and a vast canopy of…
By Radhika Chandiramani
December 1, 2013
ISSUE IN FOCUS: SEXUAL RIGHTS
It may be useful to visualize sexual rights as a large tree with deep roots and a vast canopy of…
By Radhika Chandiramani
December 1, 2014
Keep it Light
I tell them to laugh freely but question as much too. This gives them a sense of sheer relief to be able to ask, talk, question, because, even if it is ‘really bad’, after all, it’s being said in ‘lightness, is it not?
By Gunjan Sharma
May 17, 2023