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A survey by a Delhi-based NGO spoke to women and their experiences of eve-teasing. The results showed the gruesome realities, the fear and the helplessness females feel in the capital. By Shweta Taneja.
 None of us were prepared in self-defense. There was no war. But as soon as we grew up, we knew another kind of war; a constantly waging one with lewd comments, unwanted hands, smirks and lascivious grins. Taking the capital city as the ground area, the Delhi chapter of Association for India's Development (AID) recently conducted a survey which tried to understand the problem of eve teasing and see a possible solution. It took opinions of female respondents in the age group of 17-29 year olds. What came out are the gruesome realities of being a female in the capital city of the world’s largest democracy. |
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AID is proud to announce full JeevanSaathiship for Bhopal-Campaign leader Rachna Dhingra |
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 Dear Friends: Most of you have heard from or worked with Rachna Dhingra, our tireless campaigner for Bhopal. She has been an associate Jeevansaathi for the last 3 years and it gives me immense pleasure to announce her confirmation as a full Jeevansaathi by AID Cincinnati and AID Austin. Rachna's work (and of others in ICJB) is documented at the following websites:
http://saathi.aidindia.org
http://studentsforbhopal.org/
http://bhopal.aidindia.org/blog/
Regards,
Sudha Nagavarapu
AID Jeevansaathi/Saathi coord |
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 Travel in Delhi with windows of your car open, and many of you may get skin rashes and irritation in eyes. This is more prominent at busy intersections – say ITO, ISBT – and industrial areas – like Wazirpur, Motinagar. We always knew that Delhi air is polluted. How much was the question? We have some information about that now.
On Saturday, June 3, 2006, “Smoke Screen” – a report on ambient air quality in India by “Community Environment Monitoring (CEM)” – was released at Indian Social Institute in Delhi. The report has many firsts to its credit and raises some pertinent questions. |
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HIV/AIDS response falls short |
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"In 2001, the Indian government committed to reducing HIV prevalence by 2005. Instead there has been a 32% increase in AIDS cases and an additional 1.3 million people infected with HIV. Lack of effective action by the Indian government is costing lives every day," said Dr. Vineeta Gupta, Director of the Stop HIV/AIDS in India Initiative (SHAII), at a rally outside the Indian mission to the UN. She demanded universal access to AIDS treatment and prevention in communities around the world through strengthening affordable basic heath care systems. ... "With 70,000 children in dire need of antiretroviral treatment, only 1,048 are currently receiving such treatment. When will our government speed up action to save lives?" said Dr. Priya Ranjan of the Association for India's Development, Maryland. More than two decades after the epidemic emerged, the Indian government still has no formal plan or guidelines for providing lifesaving ARV therapy to children. ... |
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