B'lore: Workshop on Sexual and Reproductive Health

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

We take great pleasure in inviting you to an exciting and hands-on workshop on

Advocating Reproductive & Sexual Health Education. The workshop is titled:

Design, Discovery and Delight: Exchange of Experiences and Interesting ideas on

Media for Reproductive and Sexual Health Education

Dr. Shekar Sheshadri from NIMHANS will be chairing the workshop. In addition we

will be joined by a variety of resource people from different parts of the

country who are doing path-breaking work on these issues. On both evenings

between 5 - 6.30 pm we will be screening a package of films that deal with

sexuality issues. And finally we will host a Media Bazaar where you can purchase

materials, books and other resources.

Venue: Ashirwad Complex, 30 St.Mark's Road Cross, Bangalore 560 001

Dates: April 25 and 26th, 2003

Workshop agenda

a.. Understanding the need & creating a climate for Sexual Health Education -

Kirtana Kumar, Bangalore

b.. Health Communication Research - Understanding what works and why? - Lester

Coutinho, New Delhi

c.. Young rural people actively contribute to Communication planning and design:

Experiences from Southern Rajasthan - Lakshmi Murthy and Monika, Udaipur

d.. Making spaces for reproductive health in literacy initiatives - Kailash

Brijwasi, Lok Jumbish Project

e.. Using popular culture for Communicating: Magic show - Manish Kumar, Lucknow

f.. Alternative/Minority Sexualities: Ellavarthi Manohar, Sangama, Bangalore

g.. Qualitative Methodologies in Reproductive Health Research: A New Development

Paradigm - Asha Kilaru, Belaku Trust, Bangalore

h.. The Role of Media in Reproductive Health Training: Experiences in Gujarat -

Anil Gajjar and Gayatri Giri, Chetna, Ahmedabad

i.. Ethics & Consent in Reproductive & Sexual Health research - Anupama Tantri &

Sunita Krishnan (UCSF/Samuha participatory research and intervention design)

Film Screenings

a.. Barf dir. Saba Diwan

b.. When Four Friends Meet dir. Rahul Roy

c.. Majma dir. Rahul Roy

d.. King of Dreams dir. Amar Kanwar

e.. Guhya dir. Kirtana Kumar

a.. Media Material Bazaar

The organisors:

Lakshmi Murthy from Vikalpdesign, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Kirtana Kumar, Women Artists' Group, Bangalore

Registration for the workshop is on a first cum first served basis. A fee of Rs

200 includes tea and lunch on both days + workshop materials.You can register

before the event either by email kirtana@... Or call Kirtana at 558

5395 or 98452-13857

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Vikalpdesign has been in the field of social communication for more than ten

years. Working closely with rural communities in Rajasthan, the design studio

develops media material on sexuality and in addition conducts workshops on

sexuality issues for rural teenagers. This initiative was started by Lakshmi

Murthy, a design professional. More recently, she received a fellowship from the

MacArthur Foundation for a project entitled: " Media design to communicate for

reproductive health to rural young people. The project examined the

self-perceptions of non-literate/literate young people in the rural areas of

southern Rajasthan, with reference to their reproductive health. Through the

process of workshops with young people, effective and innovative methods of

communicating health information were developed that were found to be culturally

suited and replicable.

We look forward to your participation. Please forward this mail to others who

may be interested.

Warm wishes,

Lakshmi Murthy and Kirtana Kumar

" Anasuya Sengupta

E-mail: " <anasuya_s@...