TARSHI supports and enables people’s control and agency over their sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing through information dissemination, knowledge and perspective building, within a human rights framework.
We are currently working towards creating Safe, Inclusive, Self-Affirming, or SISA spaces.
A SISA space offers an environment that is non-judgmental, rights-based and sexuality-affirming, where people can feel safe and free from fear to talk about, learn about and/or experience their sexuality and sexual wellbeing. It is an ideal we wish to work towards, where sexuality is no longer surrounded by shame or taboo.
The following goals guide us in our work towards SISA spaces.
#1 Service providers* adopt a rights-based approach to sexuality, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and/or counselling for SRHR issues, in order to work towards SISA spaces
#2 People, especially young people, have rights-based, affirmative information on sexuality to make informed choices about their sexuality and Sexual and Reproductive Health
#3 Organisations (specifically, NGOs and schools) have resources to assist them in aligning their policies with SISA and rights-based approaches.
*Service Providers include teachers, NGO staff, health service providers, queer community members, parents/ caregivers, counsellors, students training to be teachers or health service providers (e.g. medical students), and corporate staff members.
To learn more about our goals in action, please visit ‘Our Work’.
our history
Our Team
Areeb likes to work on the intersections of gender and sexuality in literature. He enjoys exploring how the personal and the political, form and content, interact in art. In his free time, he blogs about books on his Instagram.
Supports TARSHI with capacity strengthening, information dissemination, and outreach activities. A post-graduate from LSE with interests in gender, sexuality, and SRHR. She enjoys petting dogs, discovering new coffee shops, and travelling.
An avid reader and overthinker, Chitrangi is broadly interested in sexuality, gender and security, and feminist theories. She also has an enduring love for Korean dramas, anime, fantasy and sci-fi novels, and cats.
Handles TARSHI’s Admin, HR and Finance functions. Likes to travel, draw, paint, and explore new things.
Nandhini believes in the power of advocacy for social change. She has completed her Masters in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. Her interest lies in reading about gender and sexuality, travelling and trying different cuisines.
A Clinical Psychologist by training and a dreamer at heart, she writes (and also edits). Her main areas of interest are sexuality and rights, and her cat, dog, and plants.
Keeps the office up and running with administrative and logistical support. Enjoys travelling and spending time with his child.
Works on TARSHI’s capacity strengthening, outreach initiatives, programmatic ideation, and implementation. Interested in creating self-affirming content on sexuality. A people and a dog person, dreams about travel and loves to cook new cuisines.
Maintains our office and helps keep team members fortified with coffee and tea!
Based in India, writer, seeker, roadie, travels with Dog Dustyray, exploring life hacks over decades. A post-graduate from XLRI, works with TARSHI and In Plainspeak, and maps multiple territories as content consultant and writing coach.
Works across TARSHI’s diverse activities on capacity strengthening, advocacy and information dissemination. Avid reader, writer of personal essays and short fiction, and occasional singer.
Funders, Financials & POLICIES
For details of our current and past funders, click here. Visit this page for financials. Learn about our organisational policies here.