Search Results - Community life competence2024-03-29T09:06:17Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topic/search?q=India&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIndia Competence lost one of its gemstag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-04-20:2028109:Topic:443372011-04-20T03:59:33.537ZK SWAMINATHANhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/KSWAMINATHAN
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Its very sad and disturbing to hear that we lost our colleague Mr.H. Madhav from Hyderabad in India. We all pray for his grieving famly members and may his soul rest in peace.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">As Rittu rightly pointed out in her condolence message "A warm, caring person and a thorough professional in three days (During Knowledge Fair conducted at Kumta, Karnataka in India) became everyone's…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Its very sad and disturbing to hear that we lost our colleague Mr.H. Madhav from Hyderabad in India. We all pray for his grieving famly members and may his soul rest in peace.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">As Rittu rightly pointed out in her condolence message "A warm, caring person and a thorough professional in three days (During Knowledge Fair conducted at Kumta, Karnataka in India) became everyone's favourite. During the event the person who contributed a great deal was Madhav whether it was translation, sharing, video making or photographs he was the one who took the initiative. His vast community experience and excellent communication skills left a deep impression. And that he is no more'', it is unrepairable loss to his Family and India Competence as well.</span></p>
<p> </p> India court raises question of legalising prostitutiontag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-12-11:2028109:Topic:157762009-12-11T05:08:20.487ZAvnish Jollyhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Avnish
India court raises question of legalising prostitution<br />
BBC, Thursday, 10 December 2009<br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8405154.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8405154.stm</a><br />
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There are more than two million sex workers in India<br />
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India's Supreme Court has asked the government to consider whether it might legalise prostitution if it is unable to curb it effectively.<br />
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The court said legalising prostitution would help in the monitoring of the trade and rehabilitating sex…
India court raises question of legalising prostitution<br />
BBC, Thursday, 10 December 2009<br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8405154.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8405154.stm</a><br />
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There are more than two million sex workers in India<br />
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India's Supreme Court has asked the government to consider whether it might legalise prostitution if it is unable to curb it effectively.<br />
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The court said legalising prostitution would help in the monitoring of the trade and rehabilitating sex workers.<br />
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Although illegal, prostitution is a thriving business in cities and towns across India.<br />
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It is estimated that there are more than two million female sex workers in the country.<br />
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The court's remarks came while dealing with a public interest litigation filed by an NGO about child trafficking.<br />
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The court said child trafficking and prostitution were flourishing because of poverty.<br />
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"When you say it is the world's oldest profession and you are not able to curb it by laws, why don't you legalise it?" Judges Dalveer Bhandari and AK Patnaik asked a government solicitor.<br />
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"You can then monitor the trade, rehabilitate and provide medical aid to those involved."<br />
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The solicitor said that he would look into the court's suggestions.<br />
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"The [sex workers] have been operating in one way or the other and nowhere in the world have they been able to curb it by legislation," the judges said.<br />
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"In some cases, [the trade] is carried out in a sophisticated manner. So, why don't you legalise it?"<br />
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A government-commissioned study says that the number of sex workers has risen from two million in 1997 to three million in 2003-04.<br />
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Many prostitutes are said to be underage, entering the sex trade as young as 12.<br />
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Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal states together account for 26% of the total number of prostitutes in the country. NGOs slam move to keep India out of patent pooltag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-12-13:2028109:Topic:157922009-12-13T05:59:28.103ZAvnish Jollyhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Avnish
Dear Associates,<br />
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Kindly ponder on this issue:<br />
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<b>NGOs slam move to keep India out of patent pool</b><br />
BS Reporter / New Delhi December 13, 2009,<br />
<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ngos-slam-move-to-keep-india-outpatent-pool/379382/">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ngos-slam-move-to-keep-india-outpatent-pool/379382/</a><br />
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Indian civil society organisations have opposed a reported move by global drug procurement agency UNITAID to exclude countries such as China,…
Dear Associates,<br />
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Kindly ponder on this issue:<br />
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<b>NGOs slam move to keep India out of patent pool</b><br />
BS Reporter / New Delhi December 13, 2009,<br />
<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ngos-slam-move-to-keep-india-outpatent-pool/379382/">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ngos-slam-move-to-keep-india-outpatent-pool/379382/</a><br />
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Indian civil society organisations have opposed a reported move by global drug procurement agency UNITAID to exclude countries such as China, Brazil and India from a proposed patent pool for AIDS drugs.<br />
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UNITAID is an international facility hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva, for buying drugs against HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis to be used in poor countries.<br />
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The move will be a major blow to the ability of Indian industry to make low-cost versions of patented medicines and will push prices of future AIDS medicines, these groups have alleged.<br />
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In a statement last week, Philippe Douste-Blazy, chair, UNITAID, said the patent pool plan was meant to scale up access to medicines in developing countries.<br />
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The opposition has come on the eve of a crucial UNITAID Board meeting (on December 14 & 15) to approve a plan for implementing the patent pool proposal. The need for such a patent pool was highlighted by the WHO as a means to ensure supply of AIDS medicines to the developing world.<br />
Patent pool essentially means a voluntary decision by patent holders or global drug majors to forgo their patent rights in select countries. Generic companies will be allowed to make medicines in those countries after paying a mutually agreed licence fee.<br />
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It was alleged that drug majors had informed UNITAID that they could contribute to the patent pool only on a selective basis and thereby prevent over 100 middle income countries such as India, Brazil and China from accessing rights to manufacture generic versions of these medicines.<br />
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The groups say the patent pool will turn meaningless if only poor countries are included in the list as none of them have the capability to manufacture these medicines.<br />
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In a joint appeal, seven civil society groups, including the National Working Group on Patent Laws, the Centre for Trade and Development, the All India Peoples Science Network, complained that UNITAID had refused to share the patent pool implementation plan with them. According to them, the concept of patent pool, as conceived by the agency, undermined the importance of “compulsory licensing” that was allowed under the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement.<br />
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In a separate mail, Public Health Movement, the global network of grassroot health NGOs, said the pool, if adopted in the current form, would create more barriers than ease access to affordable medicines<br />
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“The plan will be discussed for approval at UNITAID’s Executive Board meeting on December 14. In developing the plan, UNITAID has consulted with a variety of stakeholders, spanning from communities living with the disease to public health and intellectual property experts and pharmaceutical companies”, Douste-Blazy said.<br />
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“In keeping with UNITAID’s constitution, the patent pool in no way a means to replace or override other provisions contained in the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement or the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health. The patent pool represents an additional tool to increase access to HIV treatment, and an opportunity for patent holders to voluntarily contribute to the attainment of crucial health-related goals endorsed by the international community” he added. Nagpur sex workers catwalk in a fashion showtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-12-05:2028109:Topic:156862009-12-05T07:38:22.326ZAvnish Jollyhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Avnish
Nagpur sex workers catwalk in a fashion show<br />
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December 4th, 2009 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI<br />
<a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/nagpur-sex-workers-catwalk-in-a-fashion-show_100284237.html">http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/nagpur-sex-workers-catwalk-in-a-fashion-show_100284237.html</a><br />
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Read more:…
Nagpur sex workers catwalk in a fashion show<br />
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December 4th, 2009 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI<br />
<a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/nagpur-sex-workers-catwalk-in-a-fashion-show_100284237.html">http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/nagpur-sex-workers-catwalk-in-a-fashion-show_100284237.html</a><br />
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Read more: <a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/nagpur-sex-workers-catwalk-in-a-fashion-show_100284237.html#ixzz0Xkq2ODpJ">http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/nagpur-sex-workers-catwalk-in-a-fashion-show_100284237.html#ixzz0Xkq2ODpJ</a><br />
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I don't understand who is behind this activity. When State organise such kind of activities than Event Management Groups easily organise such events.<br />
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Its not under the purview of sustainable development of social work and culturally acceptable. We are working for the rehabilitation of devadasi and act is also passed for prohibition of devadasi pratha. The Karnataka state government passed the Devadasi (Prohibition of Dedication) Act in 1992 and called for the rehabilitation of devadasi women.<br />
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Following links helps us to under stand the issue:<br />
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Vimochana Devadasi Punarvasati Sangh<br />
<a href="http://www.crin.org/Organisations/viewOrg.asp?ID=1557">http://www.crin.org/Organisations/viewOrg.asp?ID=1557</a><br />
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The problem of “Prostitution” an Indian perspective<br />
<a href="http://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l269-Prostitution-in-India.html">http://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l269-Prostitution-in-India.html</a><br />
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The Devadasi system: When tradition denies life<br />
<a href="http://www.visthar.org/advocacy.devadasi.htm">http://www.visthar.org/advocacy.devadasi.htm</a><br />
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Religious Freedom in South Asia<br />
<a href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=HO4nIbBGUjEC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=efforts+for+rehabilitation+of+devadasi&source=bl&ots=-qn3vWkaRF&sig=#v=onepage&q=efforts%20for">http://books.google.co.in/books?id=HO4nIbBGUjEC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=efforts+for+rehabilitation+of+devadasi&source=bl&ots=-qn3vWkaRF&sig=#v=onepage&q=efforts%20for</a><br />
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Its time to act associates,<br />
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Regards,<br />
Avnish What do we do when there is a conflict of interests in a community, or between a community and a donor?tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2012-11-21:2028109:Topic:1082842012-11-21T10:56:50.372ZMarie Lamborayhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MarieLamboray
<p>Rituu B. Nanda posted the report of the first day of the Global Learning Festival in India. One of the questions it raises is the following: What do we do when there is a conflict of interests in a community, or between a community and a donor?</p>
<p>Rituu B. Nanda posted the report of the first day of the Global Learning Festival in India. One of the questions it raises is the following: What do we do when there is a conflict of interests in a community, or between a community and a donor?</p> What happens when we recognize our common humanity?tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2012-11-21:2028109:Topic:1084422012-11-21T10:54:18.784ZMarie Lamborayhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MarieLamboray
<p>Rituu B. Nanda posted a report of the first day of the Global Learning Festival in India. One of the questions it raises is the following: What happens when we recognize our common humanity? What happens when you ask the question "Are we human?" in a community?</p>
<p>Rituu B. Nanda posted a report of the first day of the Global Learning Festival in India. One of the questions it raises is the following: What happens when we recognize our common humanity? What happens when you ask the question "Are we human?" in a community?</p> How to encourage communities to take action?tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2012-11-21:2028109:Topic:1084462012-11-21T10:58:53.420ZMarie Lamborayhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MarieLamboray
<p>Rituu B. Nanda posted the report of the first day of the Global Learning Festival in India. One of the questions it raises is the following: How to encourage communities to take action? How to improve the approach of Community competence in this area? Do you know other approaches from which we can learn?</p>
<p>Rituu B. Nanda posted the report of the first day of the Global Learning Festival in India. One of the questions it raises is the following: How to encourage communities to take action? How to improve the approach of Community competence in this area? Do you know other approaches from which we can learn?</p> Does Salt Continue After The Formal Support Comes To An End?tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2016-09-03:2028109:Topic:1561912016-09-03T05:04:28.002ZPratibha Lalhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/PratibhaLal
<p><span>Hi I am Pratibha Lal from NGO called JJK, Chhattisgarh, India. </span><br/><span>SALT is not an activity. It is a part of life and a way of living. So for living one does not need fund or support. Therefore, to continue SALT one does not funding. We will continue to practice SALT till we live and it does not require funds.</span></p>
<p><span>Hi I am Pratibha Lal from NGO called JJK, Chhattisgarh, India. </span><br/><span>SALT is not an activity. It is a part of life and a way of living. So for living one does not need fund or support. Therefore, to continue SALT one does not funding. We will continue to practice SALT till we live and it does not require funds.</span></p> Making disaster risk reduction and response LGBTI-friendlytag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2012-01-21:2028109:Topic:896232012-01-21T02:32:33.409ZKyle Knighthttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/KyleKnight
<p><font face="Tahoma">Dear members,</font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">I am a Fulbright Research Fellow working with the Blue Diamond Society, Nepal's LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex) rights organization. The Blue Diamond Society (BDS) is working with USAID and other stakeholders in Nepal to ensure that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and relief programs are sensitive to the vulnerabilities and needs of LGBTI people.…</font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">Dear members,</font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">I am a Fulbright Research Fellow working with the Blue Diamond Society, Nepal's LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex) rights organization. The Blue Diamond Society (BDS) is working with USAID and other stakeholders in Nepal to ensure that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and relief programs are sensitive to the vulnerabilities and needs of LGBTI people.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">As part of my research, I am trying to help the organization advocate for high-level change in disaster risk reduction and relief programs as it relates to the treatment of LGBTI people, and also build the organization's capacity to react and assist in emergency situations, as hundreds of thousands of constituents will flock in need of support and supplies.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">I wrote a brief article about this issue last fall, this research as well as evidence from other countries has shown that LGBTI people often face further marginalization during emergencies and suffer in the wake of disaster and emergencies due to discrimination, and lack of access to appropriate shelter, medical care, and toilets. The research also showed that little was being done to sensitize policies, protocols, and practices to the particular needs and vulnerabilities of this population.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">Given this context, and extensive work being done on DRR in South Asia, we would like to seek assistance from members of Disaster Management Community India, India Civil Society, Solution Exchange Bhutan and the Constellation. Specifically, we would like members to share:</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"> </font></font><font face="Tahoma">Any <b>experiences</b> where the needs of LGBTI people have been addressed effectively within relief and/or DRR programmes, especially by local communities</font></p>
<p><font face="Symbol">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"> </font></font><font face="Tahoma">Reports and/or recommend literature on inclusive DRR/relief programs or any <b>documentation</b> of how LGBTI people have been treated in post-disaster and emergency situations by relief agencies. </font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">We would also appreciate it if you could share the <b>names and contact details</b> for any individuals or organizations with experience working with LGBTI people and DM/DRR.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma"> </font><font face="Tahoma">We hope the work we are doing in Nepal will save lives here, and serve as a model for what can be in other countries.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">Kind regards,</font><font face="Tahoma"> </font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Kyle Knight,</font> <font face="Tahoma">Blue Diamond Society,</font> <font face="Tahoma">Nepal</font></p>
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<p> <em>[Due the relevance of this query, I am crossposting it on Constellation online community, India Civil Society <a href="http://indiacso.ning.com">http://indiacso.ning.com</a> Solution Exchange Bhutan and Disaster Management Community India.]</em></p> Query: Experiences of effective community response to the issue of alcoholtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2018-04-16:2028109:Topic:1693742018-04-16T11:18:34.795ZRituu B. Nandahttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/RituuBNanda94
<p>Dear All,</p>
<p>I am working with several communities in India. One issue which seems to affect the communities is excessive consumption of alcohol. This has a detrimental effect not only on their health but also social and economic aspects of their lives.</p>
<p>I would like to learn from experiences of communities who have been effectively able to deal with this issue and reduce alcohol consumption. What has worked? What were the results?</p>
<p>Thanks and regards,</p>
<p>Rituu</p>
<p>Dear All,</p>
<p>I am working with several communities in India. One issue which seems to affect the communities is excessive consumption of alcohol. This has a detrimental effect not only on their health but also social and economic aspects of their lives.</p>
<p>I would like to learn from experiences of communities who have been effectively able to deal with this issue and reduce alcohol consumption. What has worked? What were the results?</p>
<p>Thanks and regards,</p>
<p>Rituu</p>