Social Inequalities, Health and Well-being: Using the Lens of Dignity and Embodiment by Mita Deshpande

The fifth webinar in the Equilogues series of webinars organized by the Closing the Gap: Health Equity Research Initiative in India of the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Kerala, India.

Theme: “Social Inequalities, Health & Well-being among Dalit Women Agricultural Labourers – Using the Lens of Dignity and Embodiment”. How do structures of inequality – caste, class and gender- get reflected in the health and well-being of a marginalized community? What are the meanings of dignity as articulated by Dalit women in the context of their lives & health? This webinar will present a study that engaged with these questions.

About Speaker: Ms. Mita Deshpande, PhD scholar, Centre of Social Medicine & Community Health, JNU, New Delhi, India. She has worked with the Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatan, Raichur, which is a collective of Dalit women agricultural labourers. She has completed her MPhil from JNU.

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