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The Sexuality and Rights Institute is an annual two week long residential course that focuses on a conceptual study of sexuality. It examines the interface between sexuality and rights and its links with the related fields of gender and health. The Institute also aims to further the analytical skills of participants to critically examine how various strategies and practices in the field of sexual and reproductive health affirm or violate the rights of individuals. Participants examine sexual and reproductive health programs as well as various legal and socio-cultural issues and incorporate their learning into planning and working on programmes.


Sexuality spans multiple disciplines and areas of work. Accordingly, the course content of the Sexuality and Rights Institute draws from different social science disciplines. Course themes cove! r: Sexuality and Rights; Sexuality, Gender and the Legal System; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Sex work, Sexuality and Rights; Agency and Victimhood; Representation of Sexuality; Sexual Diversities and Rights; and Sexuality and Disabilities. National and International faculty teach the courses. They employ different pedagogical methods including classroom instruction, group work, case studies, simulation exercises, fiction and films. The faculty at the 2007 Sexuality and Rights Institute includes: Radhika Chandiramani, Manisha Gupte, Alice Miller, Geetanjali Misra, Janet Price, Tanika Sarkar and Carole Vance. There will be a special lecture by Shohini Ghosh. The medium of instruction and discussion is English.


Individuals working on issues of sexuality, rights, health or gender are eligible to apply. A maximum of twenty-five participants are selected each year, based on their applications and personal interviews. Women are especially encouraged to a! pply. Candidates must be fluent in English. Participants are r! equired to stay for the whole duration of the course.

Previous Conference items

• 04/01/2007: Primer Congreso Internacional sobre Violencia Juvenil: Responsabilidad Individual y Social
• 01/01/2007: Human Dignity and Human Rights Caucus [event and call for papers]
• 19/12/2006: Launch of the ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the Status of Action against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
• 11/12/2006: Mainstreaming Informed Participation of Children in Governance'
• 11/12/2006: Quel avenir pour les droits des peuples? Conférence commémorant le 30ème anniversaire de la Déclaration Universelle des Droits des Peuples

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