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Attack on affordable medicines continues in EU-India trade negotiations
Attack on affordable medicines continues in EU-India trade negotiations Health groups rally in Delhi as protests spread across the developing world 10 April, 2013, New Delhi- Thousands of people living with HIV, cancer patient groups & public health activists rallied
HIV+ women face more domestic abuse
A high proportion of HIV positive women report domestic violence than HIV negative women, says a latest study by the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune. Conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Pune on a randomly selected sample of 150
Oxfam-India to Initiate a Pan-India study on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Oxfam India works to strengthen Workplace Sexual Harassment Bill In India, it is estimated that someone is sexually harassed every hour. Legal protections against workplace sexual harassment in India have historically been weak, but the Landmark “Vishakha Judgement” (passed 14
GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION: EU-INDIA-6-10 February 2012 FTA
In 2001, India’s generics brought prices down from $15000 per person per year to $350 for first line AIDS medicines. 80% of people living with HIV in developing countries are on Indian generic ARVs Over 90% of pediatric AIDS medicines are
HIV Positive People Demand Immediate Passing of the HIV/AIDS Bill
HIV Positive People Demand Immediate Passing of the HIV/AIDS Bill New Delhi, 4 July 2011: Around 300 people living with HIV/AIDS a staged a dharna outside the Health Ministry today, demanding the immediate tabling of the HIV/AIDS in Parliament. The
Press Release Towards a Health & Human Rights Approach to Drugs, June 30th, 2011
Clinic or Jail:NGO’s highlight pitfalls in Government’s anti-narcotics’ strategy New Delhi, 30 June 2011: Is drug addiction a disease or crime, asked NGOs in response to the Government’s call to “think health, not drugs” on June 26, International Day against
Bombay High Court overturns mandatory death penalty for drug offences; first in the world to do so
Bombay High Court overturns mandatory death penalty for drug offences; first in the world to do so 16 June 2011, Mumbai: In an unprecedented decision, the Bombay High Court struck down the mandatory death penalty for drug offences, becoming the
Activities
TRAINING OF POLICE AT Nagpur on The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA) - 23 rd APRIL 2011 Lawyers Collective WRI organized their fourth police training on PWDVA in collaboration with Maharashtra Police in Nagpur on 23rd April 2011. It was
