symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Prabeen Singh, researcher and consultant, Delhi

• THE LIVELIHOOD CRISIS FOR WOMEN
  Ilina Sen, Professor of Women's Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Wardha

• COMBATING DISPLACEMENT
  Chittaroopa Palit, activist with the Narmada Bachao Andolan, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

• SAFE IN THE CITY?
  Kalpana Viswanath and Surabhi Tandon Mehrotra, researchers, associated with Jagori women's resource centre, Delhi

• LEGISLATING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
  Asmita Basu, legal consultant and project coordinator, Lawyer's Collective (Women's Rights Initiative), Delhi

• DECRIMINALISING SEX WORK
  Shohini Ghosh, Dr. Zakir Hussain Professor, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

• LET'S TALK SEX
  Pramada Menon, works on issues of gender and sexual rights, Delhi

• QUESTIONING NORMS AND BODIES
  Shalini Mahajan, member, Forum Against Oppression of Women (FAOW), and Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action (LABIA), Mumbai

• WHEN THE TOWEL DROPS: SEXUALITY, CENSORSHIP AND CINEMA
  Brinda Bose, Fellow, The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi

• FROM SHAHBANO TO SACHAR
  Shahida Lateef, independent scholar on Muslim women, Washington, D.C.

• SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAW
  Maitreyi Krishnan, lawyer, Alternative Law Forum; and Ponni Arasu, researcher, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore

• SAVING THE GIRL CHILD
  Meeta Singh, doctor, working on community health and public policy; and Kavita Srivastava, National Secretary, People's Union for Civil Liberties, Jaipur

• MEANDERING FORWARD
  Apoorva Kaiwar, labour lawyer and member, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Mumbai

• WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS IN INDIA
  Kalpana Mehta, founder member, Saheli - Women's Resource Centre; Director, Manasi Swasthya Centre for Women, Delhi

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Kalpana Viswanath, Aseem Shrivastava, Sushil J. Aaron and Ratnakar Tripathy 

• COMMENT
  Received from Sowmya Kidambi, member MKSS and currently working as social development specialist with SPIU (RD), Government of AP, and Karuna Vakati Aakella, Director, SPIU (RD), Government of AP; C.P. Bhambhri, Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

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