Browsing by Author "Abhijit Das"

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    Claiming Entitlements: The Story of Women Leaders' Struggle for the Right to Health in Uttar Pradesh, India
    (2013) Abhijit Das; Jashodhara Dasgupta
    The Case Study documents the evolution and role of women community level leaders from MSAM (Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch) in Empowering the Dalit and Backward Caste women in rural areas, by making them aware of and demanding and claiming the health related entitlements, nutrition and food security, social security, prevention of violence against women and political participation at the local levels.
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    Women in the Lead- Monitoring Health Services in Bangladesh
    (2013) Samina Afrin; Sarita Barpanda; Abhijit Das
    A Series of case-studies that shows community organized efforts to negotiate better health care services from the State and women's fight for their reproductive rights and address gender based violence. Besides, it highlights the efforts of WHRAP initiative of Naripokkho to strengthen health systems accountability through its three pronged strategy viz. community monitoring of health clinics, training functionaries of its partnership organization and working in collaboration with member of parliament, local elected representative and members of hospital management to create a participatory review and planning mechanism.