Hidden Pockets Collective Trust, in collaboration with the Center for Reproductive Rights, recently conducted a two-week campaign in India dedicated to the crucial issue of decriminalizing adolescent sexuality. The campaign meticulously addressed the lack of discourse around adolescent sexuality in Indian society. It centered on two primary objectives: raising awareness and advocating for comprehensive sexuality […]
We want the children in rural parts of cities and towns also to have knowledge around their bodies. We have created these small learning material, that you can use in your communities and play it to the children. ನಗರ ಮತ್ತು ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಭಾಗದ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ತಮ್ಮ ದೇಹದ ಸುತ್ತ ಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರಬೇಕೆಂದು ನಾವು ಬಯಸುತ್ತೇವೆ. ನಾವು ಈ ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಲಿಕಾ […]
Do our abortion laws reflect the realities of the Netflix generation? Science has advanced, people are reaching on Mars, people getting their knowledge out of phones, and Netflix is taking over our sex education, so why do our abortion laws still not acknowledge the young person and teenagers realities? In India, after 50 years of […]
Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood. It is a unique stage of human development and a critical period for setting the foundation for optimal health. Adolescents grow rapidly in terms of their physical, cognitive, and psychological development. This has an impact on how individuals feel, think, make decisions, and interact with others. […]
Alice* was 17 years old when she discovered that she was pregnant. She was in a steady relationship and had a sexual relationship with her boyfriend. Pregnancy was the least bit of concern for Alice and her guy amidst their day to day lives of being a teenager. However, on discovering the pregnancy, both their […]
On 18th July, 2017 Chandigarh District Court refused to let a 10 year-old, minor rape survivor access abortion services. She was 26 weeks pregnant. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act,2017 does not allow women to abort foetuses beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy. The Supreme Court directed the PGI Hospital in Chandigarh to set up a medical board […]
History of the legal age of marriage In India, marriage as an institution plays a major role in the development of an individual. Marriage is considered to be a sacred ceremony in some religions, and a spiritual contract in other religions. After independence, the Indian Constitution laid down in its preamble the core principle of secularism. As […]
A country’s laws regarding sex, sexual orientation, sexual consent, sexual and reproductive health, access to abortion services and access to different types of contraceptives can often become autonomy-snatchers in the name of protecting children and adolescents. Even though Indian law does not explicitly prescribe any minimum age for accessing or buying condoms, there are indirect […]
Playing with dolls is something most of us have done growing up. Child marriage was nowhere in our minds. We revelled in our games: to set up our own world of imagination and to have our dolls play the characters we want to. We name the dolls, we make them have doll marriages, have them […]
“Hidden Pockets presents Pocketshala” When these words were played on the speakers our hearts were on the seventh cloud because our work of months and imagining of creating a support tool to talk about issues has finally come true. Talking to young people about things has always been a difficult task. The attention span of […]
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