Global Reproductive Politics, Reproductive Justice and the Limitations of Law - Part 1

The Law & Marginalisation Clinic at the Centre for Justice, Law and Society, Jindal Global Law School in collaboration with Sruti Disability Rights Centre, TransCare India, Rising Flame, The Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Center for Reproductive Rights, Transmen Collective and CommonHealth India collaboratively organised the Part I of the Symposium on Global Reproductive Politics, Reproductive Justice and Limitations of Law. The Symposium was composed of two panels with the esteemed academics and activists from across the globe. Panel 1 on Decriminalising Abortion: Towards a Rights-Based Approach and Panel 2 on Reproductive Justice: A Discourse in Centring Access.

1. Panel 1 on Decriminalising Abortion: Towards a Rights-Based Approach with Professor Alicia Yamin (Lecturer on Law and the Senior Fellow on Global Health and Rights, the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Harvard Law School), Clara Rita Padilla (Founder and Executive Director, EnGendeRights and Spokesperson, Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (PINSAN)), Agnieszka Król (Sociologist, Researcher, and Activist) and Phylis Mbeke Ndolo (Executive Director, Women spaces Africa) moderated by Andrea Parra (Queer Colombian Attorney, Feminist Legal Activist, Experiential Trainer and Translator). 

2. Panel 2 on Reproductive Justice: A Discourse in Centering Access with Professor Mytheli Sreenivas (Associate Professor, History and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University), Nikita Sonavane (Co-founder, Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project, Legal Researcher and Advocate), Maria Ní Fhlatharta (Real Productive Justice Project, Centre for Disability Law and Policy) and Blas Radi (Researcher, the Argentinian Society of Philosophical Analysis and a Human Rights Activist) moderated by Vqueeram (Independent Researcher).