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News from Coalition Members 1. October 2009: Elaan, Kolkata: Pranaadhika
Sinha, founder of Elaan, an NGO dealing with child sexual abuse issues,
writes about her experience of surviving sexual abuse as a child in
"Plainspeak", published by TARSHI, New Delhi: http://www.tarshi.net/asiasrc/plspk/2009_2/i_column.asp 2.
November 21, 2009: South 24 Parganas Network of People Living with
HIV/AIDS (SNP+), Sonarpur: Celebration
of their 5th Foundation Day and Annual General Meeting. Guests from the
local administration included the Sub Divisonal Officer, Baruipur;
Chief Medical Officer of Health II; and Swasthya Karmadhyaksha, Zilla
Parishad. Dr. D.N. Goswami, Deputy Director, Care Support and
Treatment, West Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control Society, as
well as other eminent doctors and social workers, and SAATHII
representatives were also present. 3. November 26, 2009: Burdwan Society of People Living with HIV/AIDS (BSP+) and SAATHII, Kolkata Office: The Legal Aid Unit of SAATHII, Kolkata Office achieved its first success in restoring the property ownership of a woman living with HIV in Asansol, Burdwan district of West Bengal. See report here 4. December 5 and 6, 2009, Koshish, Kolkata: Two members of Koshish participated in a unique Christian theological roundtable on human sexuality and the Delhi High Court ruling on Section 377, Indian Penal Code. this was a programme jointly organized by the National Council of Churches in India, Sceptre (an extension programme of the Senate of Serampore College located in the Hooghly district of West Bengal), Christian Institute for Study of Religion and Society, and the Student Christian Movement of India. At the end of the two-day roundtable held at Sceptre, Kolkata, the organizers issued a statement titled "Message to the Indian Christianity". The statement is empathetic and a welcome sign of support for decriminalization of homosexuality from the National Council of Churches in India and affiliated bodies. The participation of Koshish members in the roundtable was facilitated by Dr. Magdalene Jeyarathnam, Chennai based counsellor and SAATHII resource person. 5. April 24, 2010: Northern Black Rose, Siliguri: An agitation was held by Northern Black Rose at Bardhwaman Road near Siliguri in memory of Aligarh Muslim University Professor Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras. On February 10, 2010 Professor Siras had been suspended from the university and expelled from faculty housing because of his involvement in a same-sex relationship. He had been filmed in an act of consensual sex, which the filmers passed on to the university administration. Instead of being horrified at this blatant invasion of privacy, the authorities suspended Professor Siras just because his sexual partner was also a man. Professor Siras had won the first round of the legal battle on April 1, 2010 from the Allahabad High Court where he had obtained a stay order on his suspension. He had even returned to his house, and this seemed like sweet victory in the face of immense trauma, harassment and humiliation. But Professor Siras was found dead in his home under unnatural circumstances on April 7, 2010. Photo: NBR 6. February 26, 2010: KNP+, Bhubaneswar: An advocacy initiative was organizedby KNP+ in the District Headquarter Hospital in Khurda. Guests from the local administration included Dr Siba Charana Tripathy, Senior Specialist in Skin and Venereal Disease; Dr. P.G. Dasmahapatra, HIV and TB specialist; Samarendra Mahapatra, DPM, District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit and Santosh Debta, Project Coordinator, SAKHYAM Project, paramedical staff of the District Headquarter Hospital, Khurda, SAATHII staff and representatives from other organization working on HIV/AIDS issues. The program was a follow up for treatment denial case of a pregnant woman living with HIV Photo: KNP+
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