On 7 February 2020, a bill on the Two-Child-Policy was introduced as a private member bill in the Rajya Sabha by the Member of Parliament Anil Desai. This is a Constitution (Amendment) Bill and seeks to bring amendments to article 47. The short title of the bill is ‘Duty of the State to promote small […]
Category: Thought Leadership
Collective has been creating body of work around different themes in sexual and reproductive health.
In the last few decades when movies ‘Yours, Mine and Ours’’, ‘Khatta Meetha’ and shows like ‘Hum Paanch’ played out in cinemas and TVs, the amused viewers lived through the ups and downs of the reel families in laughter, joy, tears and sighs. Maybe we must have pontificated a bit on the cost and stress […]
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 […]
Ballari is not a word that rings a bell for someone new to Karnataka. For the uninitiated, the word can even morph into Bel Air, when pronounced with a rolling tongue and playfulness! Ballari and Bel-Air, however, are two worlds apart. Karnataka, a state in south India, has its trump card districts like Bangalore and […]
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 […]
Have you heard the Beatles song “Help?” or Do you remember that song? Ever thought it along the lines of people in need for abortion and nurses? “Help, I need somebody. Help, not just anybody, Help, you know I need someone, help. When I was younger, so much younger than today I never needed anybody’s […]
COVID-19 has brought all of us to a standstill. It is highly unlikely that we no longer take things for granted after witnessing first hand how interconnected all our lives are. What would otherwise have been a skip, hop and jump to the pharmacy near our house to get, say a basic Paracetamol tablet, has […]
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Partners
Hidden Pockets has been working both at national and international level. Some of our partners who have helped us. Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights(WGNRR) is an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide. Based in the global south, they are a membership-driven organization that “works within the rights, justice […]
With Gender Equality at No.5 in UN’s list for things to improve, India starts the year with women safety as a widely discussed subject in all directions. Considered to be one of the safest spaces until now, has Bengaluru started drawing parallels with Delhi? In light of the recent incident in Bangaloreon New Year’s eve, it becomes pertinent to […]
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Volunteer
Intern Profiles Do you believe in being inclusive and also claiming your space even in the crowd? Yes? Then you need to be a college student looking for an internship to read on because we are looking for interns with these qualities. Basically, we are a bunch of women who got tired of complaining about […]
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