DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR’S ADVOCACY OF WOMEN RIGHTS

Litigation as TB Rights Advocacy

One thousand people die every day in India as a result of TB, a preventable and treatable disease, even though the Constitution of India, government schemes, and international law guarantee available, accessible, acceptable, quality health care. Failure to address the spread of TB and to provide quality treatment to all affected populations constitutes a public health and human rights emergency...

The rights framework in reproductive health advocacy--a reappraisal.

Litigation as TB Rights Advocacy: A New Delhi Case Study.

One thousand people die every day in India as a result of TB, a preventable and treatable disease, even though the Constitution of India, government schemes, and international law guarantee available, accessible, acceptable, quality health care. Failure to address the spread of TB and to provide quality treatment to all affected populations constitutes a public health and human rights emergency...

Strange bedfellows: anti-abortion and disability rights advocacy

To characterize the atmosphere surrounding abortion in the United States as a contentious one would be an understatement: few other social issues have inspired such vitriolic rhetoric, divisive legislation, and overt acts of violence as thosewrought by prolife extremists. Though the fight over how and when a woman should be able to terminate a pregnancy has been ongoing, the crusade against abo...

Evaluating Human Rights Advocacy on Criminal Justice and Sex Work.

Between October 2011 and September 2013, we conducted research on the use, by police and/or prosecutors, of condom possession as evidence of intent to engage in prostitution-related offenses. We studied the practice in five large, geographically diverse cities in the U.S. To facilitate our advocacy on this issue, conducted concurrent to and following our research, we developed an advocacy frame...