We are Pratigya Campaign for Gender Equality and Safe Abortion, a network of 84 individuals and organisations that have been working at the national and state level on issues of women’s empowerment and women’s access to healthcare services. We focus on finding common ground that simultaneously addresses the serious issue of gender biased sex selection while protecting women’s right to access safe abortion. In our first edition, we give you an essence of our areas of work, efforts and its impact.

Our Strategy

This September is all about celebrating reproductive rights, and we as a coalition will be celebrating Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. We will be launching our Legal Analysis report on 28th September and asking the tough questions, advocating with government, media and other stakeholders through a campaign on ‘Abortion is Healthcare’.

• Hindustan Times
  A petition filed by three women which demands that any reproductive choices made by a woman in the first trimester must get complete protection from laws.


• The Hindu
  Pratigya Campaign urges political parties to increase the spending on public health from 1.5% to 3.5% of the GDP.


• Express Healthcare
  A petition filed by three women which demands that any reproductive choices made by a woman in the first trimester must get complete protection from laws.

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