LING PARIKCHHAN - LING CHAYAN (A module on how to implement the PCPNDT Act)
Year of Publication : 2007
No. of Pages : 73

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This module is an important educational tool which has been prepared to engage the stakeholders with the basic provisions of the PCPNDT Act prohibiting sex selection and sex determination.

The information incorporated in the module would be useful for the government officials, medical fraternity, owner of ultrasound centres, civil society organization, activists and others to virtually use the law on the ground and play a more decisive and effective role in the implementation.

Apart from addressing different aspects of the declining girl child and daughter dislike, the module strengthens the perspective of the practitioners on the significance of regulating the misuse of technology through a legal recourse.

The module was prepared in 2007-08 in the course of strengthening implementation of the PCPNDT Act in Bhilwara, Sirohi, Jhunjhunu, Jaisalmer, Alwar, Bharatpur, Jodhpur and Barmer district of Rajasthan.

It highlights the Census figures on the child sex ratio on the one hand, makes an attempt to explore the factors responsible for the practice of sex selection and female foeticide on the other.

In the later part, it throws light on the journey of the PCPNDT Act, its different useful provisions and the directives of the Supreme Court in relation to the implementation. All the potential stakeholders have been introduced; their role and responsibility, as mentioned under the law, have been discussed. Various measures which are required to be undertaken by any ultrasound centres have also been highlighted.   Basic clarification on the use of mobile ultrasound clinic has been added. An approach to monitor the misuse of technology by civil society organizations, as an independent body, has also been shared. In addition to this, the module answers all the possible questions, which may arise in the mind of a layperson. It also talks about the process of search and seizure with the help of a decoy operation as mentioned under the law. For more details Contact Us.

HIV/AIDS AND WOMEN (Available in English, Hindi and Marathi) 
Year of Publication : 2006
No. of Pages : 26

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Women’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS stems from a host of debilitating circumstances and most defining one’s are poverty, lack of education, child marriage, no guaranteed access to basic health services, social exclusion and the experience of violence and physical violation. In the present context, with the girl-child and women experiencing a continuum of deprivation, denial and discrimination, HIV/AIDS poses yet another grave challenge for them. This module enables women, to explore the issue from the standpoint of personal experiences, encourages ownership of the process of engaging with the factors that are increasing vulnerability to HIV and thereby enhancing the community’s willingness to cope with the issue.

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ADVOCATING HIV/AIDS PREVENTION & CARE IN THE TRUCKING SECTOR - FACILITATOR GUIDE
Year of Publication : 2006
No. of Pages : 33

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The package has been designed as an interactive product to stimulate discussions amongst the workforce of the trucking sector (truck drivers/ truck owners/ associations) and provide them information and options to proactively respond and take part in reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS.

The central element is the presentation Reaching Out – Participating in an HIV/AIDS Response. The other elements of the package have been designed to complement this presentation. Any individual with a basic understanding of HIV/AIDS and workplace and having skills of communication can facilitate a group interaction using this package. All the elements are provided to support the facilitator during interactive sessions. The facilitator can also leave behind a CD of the package so that the target audience can access information from the presentations on their own. For more details  Contact Us.

MEDIA MODULE - FOR DISTRICT LEVEL CONSULTATION ON HIV/AIDS(Available in English and Telugu) 
Year of Publication : 2003
No. of Pages : 46

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What to report and what not to report, a million dollar question when we talk about HIV/AIDS. It is not just a disease, not just an epidemic. It is a social, psychological, economic, public health problem that threatens to debilitate a nation and wipe out millions of people at one go. The state level media consultations in Hyderabad in July 2005 was the outcome of this very thought process.The module thus designed has hence been tested in different areas of the state as part of the distict-level media consultations held in all district headquarters and was found to be a helpful, basic information capsule for any journalist who chooses to report anything about HIV. This Media Module is a useful tool for the Media Professionals. For more details  Contact Us.

A MODULE FOR CONDUCTING ADVOCACY ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH  
Year of Publication : 2003
No. of Pages : 46

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The advocacy module comprises of five sections. The first section “Rationale for an Advocacy Module on Reproductive Health” deals with the key priorities or concerns that the groups working on reproductive health have focussed upon. This section highlights the fact that any advocacy effort that aims at advancing these issues has to reconcile with many different priorities. It is therefore imperative that a well planned advocacy strategy be formulated in advance.

The second section “Preparing for Advocacy” describes the module in its entirety. It begins with an introduction on the concept of strategic advocacy before going on to explain the preparatory and the actual process.

The third section “Using the Module” attempts to explain how this methodology can be used. To facilitate this actual experience of organisations like MASUM and CINI were used to illustrate the advocacy they were conducting on issues such as Reproductive Rights for Women and Community Needs Assessment Approach. The fourth section “Knowing the Policy and The Program” provides information on the existing Population Policy and the Reproductive Child Health Program. In the fifth section “Module on Media’s Role” media clips are used to explain the role mass media plays in shaping and framing issues be it reproductive health, women’s empowerment or other related concerns.

The module also provides exercises at different levels to enable the user to understand the complexities of the process of advocacy.

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MEDIA TOOL FOR GENDER-SENSITIVE REPORTING ON HIV/AIDS
Year of Publication : 2003
No. of Pages : 46

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Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) and Positive Women’s Network (PWN), with the support of UNIFEM, South Asia Regional Office, produced and published this media tool. It is based on primary sources, including consultations with people living with HIV/AIDS, activists and young journalists reporting on the issue. These consultations were held with people from the southern and north-eastern states of India. The media tool offers journalists valuable information on how to frame a story especially when exposing violations to life so as not to further stigmatise the person/group affected. Ethical issues like protecting confidentiality, sensitivities with respect to terminology, interviewing a person living with HIV/AIDS have been illustrated.

This tool is to sensitise the journalists on the issue who in turn can sensitise the society by becoming a link, through their write-ups, between the society and the sufferers. The bottomline is to be sensitive to the issue per se instead of focusing only an individual’s apathy. Journalists can peg their story on an individual and go on to the bigger issue to sensitise the community.

To make it easier to understand and analyse, samples of TV news and print items have been used. Analysis of such items help to reach a consensus on what creates inclusive/problematic representation for women living with HIV/AIDS. For an activist, it helps to understand how the media works and what is its requirement. It provides tools for strengthening media advocacy on HIV/AIDS.

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MEDIA AND THE LAW 
Year of Publication : 2002
No. of Pages : 26

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Media Education Modules were prepared on: Media and the Law, The Business of Advertising, Television Technology in India - A Quick Look at the State of the Art and Television Images and Policy - A Chronological View. For more details Contact Us.