Three key takeaways from our session Kis se Pooche Kaun Sikhaye with Khud Se Pooche | खुद से पूछें, Nivārana, Dr Lily Varghese and Dr Sharda on #menstruation. Unbearable pain is not normal, push your doctor for investigation, contraceptive pills do more than contraception! #MHDay

Such an important article, one woman in Khud Se Pooche said,”I don’t want to sleep with my husband, because then when I go to a health system for service, there I am told I am being frivolous.” I don’t want intimacy because I don’t like being mistreated in the clinic or by Asha

#KhudSePooche leaders visited Purpose office in New Delhi!

@sreeparna_c_ youtu.be/v0AUmnRj2SI We at Nivārana in collaboration with Khud Se Pooche | खुद से पूछें and Love Matters India did an awareness session on endometriosis in which we reached out to more than 100 (online and offline) women.

Some doctors (and nurses) speak of their patients’ bodies in terms that are demeaning, unkind and disrespectful. Y’all really need to be more cautious about your words. Those are people and not just your ‘cases’. So sick of this locker room talk and fighting it.

For #KhudSePooche community, recognition that dignity is such a core aspect, that patient experiences matter has been a big win! And thanks to Sid Zādéy Association for Socially Applicable Research Nivārana women’s experiences from Bihar on #abortion makes it to The G4 Alliance🧷

इस सफ़र में #khudsepooche community भी जुड़ी है और यह गर्व की बात है बहुत कुछ जाना, सीखा और बहुत सारे Doctor साथी साथ जुड़े 🧷

Applications are open for CREA’s Feminist Leadership, Movement Building and Rights Institute (FLMBaRI) - South Asia. The Institute will take place in Sri Lanka from 24th January - 1st February, 2024. Applications close 15th October, 2023! Apply here: creaworld.org/flmbari-south-…

Today, I expressed to a doctor that she doesn't listen to me because I'm a black woman. She looked at me shocked, and asked me why would I say that. I replied, explaining that I approached her with tiredness in my eyes, indicating that something was wrong with me.

We need to urgently talk about #obstetricviolence and how to end this now and forever. Attitudes toward women when they are at their most vulnerable have to change NOW. There is no place for dehumanization, misogyny, paternalism in #obstetrics.

Pain relief is a crucial component of surgical care yet universal access to pain relief faces several challenges in India. Read our latest article by Christianez Ratna Kiruba where she writes about these challenges and how they can be addressed. nivarana.org/2023/12/22/pai…

A lady doctor friend of mine told me casually that some corporate hospitals hire doctors / healthcare professionals based on looks (apart from qualification). I initially dismissed it as bizarre and outlandish, but now I wonder if there's an element of truth to this claim. 🤔