Eleventh webinar in the Equilogues series
The Health Equity Cluster at IPH Bengaluru is now the secretariat for the newly launched Health Equity Network India (HENI) and is pleased to announce the eleventh webinar in the Equilogues series in January 2019. Do block your calendar for this date and come join us in an engaging conversation on health inequities in India.
Sulakshana Nandi, State Convener of Public Health Resource Network, Chhattisgarh.
The eighth webinar in the Equilogues (Closing the gap: Health Equity Research Initiative in India, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies), presented by Ms.Jennifer Liang, who is a Research Advisor at The ANT (The Action Northeast Trust) Assam. She spoke on the theme, theme “Health Inequities & Deep Vulnerabilities following Violent Conflicts.
“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.
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.
fourth Webinar in the webinar series – Equilogues (Closing the gap: Health Equity Research Initiative in India, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies), presented by Professor Helene Schneider (Research Chair in Health Systems Governance at the school of Public Health, University of the Western Cape) and Ms.Sulakshana Nandi (State Convenor, Public Health Resource Network (PHRN) Chhattisgarh)