Azim Premji University invites you to the sixth conversation in the Let’s Talk Public Health series. 

About the conversation

Reproductive rights have never been simply a health matter. They sit at the intersection of bodily autonomy, gender justice, caste, class, disability, and the state’s persistent urge to govern women’s bodies through policy, law, and medical technology. The sixth Let’s Talk Public Health conversation will draw from the four decades-long work and experiences of Sarojini N, founder of Sama ‑Resource Group for Women & Health, Delhi in tracing how she engaged with this issue from Sama and also as part of women’s health movement. The conversation will also focus on her approach to analyse and understand the issue, delineate dilemmas and challenges, and collective responses to engage with reproductive health policies through some examples from her work. 

About the speaker

Sarojini Nadimpally is a social scientist and public health practitioner and one of the founding members of Sama Resource Group for Women and Health. She has been working on various public health issues, including health policy, sexual and reproductive health & rights, reproductive, genetic and biotechnologies, surrogacy, clinical trials and access to medicines through research, policy advocacy and building solidarity between health and other social movements. She is currently documenting the larger political landscape locating the issues of reproductive governance historically and contemporarily.

About the Let’s Talk Public Health Conversation

Let’s talk public health ­is a conversation initiated by the Azim Premji University, to learn from meaningful contributions to community’s health and wellbeing through cutting-edge practice, and to deliberate on contemporary public health issues that intersect community, health systems, and policy.