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Has India's new federal abortion law made it a safer place for women?

Nov 2, 2022

India's top court upheld a woman's right to an abortion up to 24 weeks into pregnancy, regardless of marital status, a widely hailed decision by women's rights activists. The right to abortion has proved contentious globally after the U.S. Supreme...

Parthasarathy named to prestigious French council

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Are sanitary pads a panacea for impoverished women?

Sep 21, 2022

In an era when the Indian government has prioritized women's menstrual health and movies like Netflix's "Period. End of Sentence" are garnering worldwide attention, the distribution of disposable sanitary pads to women in India's rural areas has...

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Fulfilling the public good: Shobita Parthasarathy on innovation in science and tech

Dec 20, 2016

It seems like a straightforward question. If we produce more innovation, and quickly, then society will benefit. Our economy will grow because there will be markets for new technologies, and citizens will also benefit from access to the technologies...

Fulfilling the public good: Shobita Parthasarathy on innovation in science and tech

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Parthasarathy receives IRWG funding to investigate gender, caste and innovation in India

Jan 20, 2016

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy has received a 2016 seed grant from Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), which supports individual research activities and collaborative projects in the field of women, gender, and...

The politics of inclusive innovation in international development: Menstrual hygiene management and sanitary pads in India

Apr 25, 2022, 5:30-7:00 pm EDT

Kresge Hall, 1-515, Northwestern University

Join Northwestern University's Science in Human Culture Program for the Klopsteg Lecture, delivered by Shobita Parthasarathy, a professor of public policy and women's studies at the Ford School.

The politics of inclusive innovation in international development: Menstrual hygiene management and sanitary pads in India

CSAS Lecture Series | Understanding the New Credibility Regimes of Development: The Politics of Sanitary Pads as a Pro-Poor Technology in India

Jan 18, 2019, 4:00 pm EST

Room 1010 | 10th Floor Event Space Weiser Hall

In recent years, “period poverty” has come to be seen as an important development issue, with sanitary pads becoming the main solution. Rather than the result of systematic and unbiased evidence gathering, however, Parthasarathy argues that this problem and solution are the result of the new credibility regimes that underlie development governance today.

CSAS Lecture Series | Understanding the New Credibility Regimes of Development: The Politics of Sanitary Pads as a Pro-Poor Technology in India

Citi Foundation Lecture, Policy Talks @ the Ford School

The role of science and technology policy in developing countries

Nov 6, 2017, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

Join us as we welcome Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, former secretary of science and technology for India, as he discusses the role of science and technology policy in developing countries.

The role of science and technology policy in developing countries