यौन अभिमुखिकरण, लैङ्गिक पहिचान र यौन विशेषता सम्बन्धीका अत्यन्तै आधारभूत शब्दवाली र तिनका परिभाषाहरू यौन विशेषता (Sex characteristics) : यौन विशेषता भन्नाले मानिसको यौनाङ्ग वा प्रजनन अङ्गबाट छुट्टिने शारीरिकी भिन्नता हो । लैङ्गिक पहिचान (Gender identity) : लैङ्गिक पहिचान भन्नाले हरेक व्यक्तिको भित्री मन वा अन्तरात्माबाट लैङ्गिकता सम्बन्धी आएको व्यक्तिगत…
यौन अभिमुखिकरण, लैङ्गिक पहिचान र यौन विशेषतामा YoSHAN को मान्यता बद्लिँदो सामाजिक परिवेश र सिमान्कृत समुदाय, समूह तथा वर्गहरूले आफ्नो हक अधिकारका निम्ति आवाज उठाउँदै गर्दा सामाजिक रूपमा स्वीकार्यत नरहेका लैङ्गिक तथा यौनिक विविधताका समूहहरूको पनि आवाज उत्तिकै बुलन्द हुँदै गएको छ । त्यसै गरी सामाजिक मान्यता भन्दा पर लैङ्गिक…
South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI) issued a joint statement calling on the Governments across South Asia to comply with their Constitutional as well as International Human Rights Treaty Obligations and ensure access to essential sexual and reproductive health services during Covid-19 crisis. The SARJAI is a network…
Our core team member Anjila Thapa had recently published her article on tele-medicine in reproductive health in context of Nepal. The article facilitated by YoSHAN was published in SpotLight Nepal. You can access the original article here. The term telemedicine was coined in the 1970s, and literally means, “Healing at…
Sex has long been taboo for implicit reasons, any word attached with “sex” is highly stigmatised, and people become hyperventilated. People’s understanding of sexuality differs from each other; with a majority of them, understanding sexuality as synonymous with sex and Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) is seen as a method to…
Reminiscing time from my mid adolescence of when had a vaginal infection, I visited the gynaecological department of a government run hospital near my house. I was very nervous in the first place because sexual health and reproductive health issues of young people is usually scrutinised and tabooed. I mustered…
Welcome to our मिलिजुली Talk Series 1 facilitated by YoSHAN. YoSHAN is a feminist led network working in Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights. Today as our guest we have Ms. Sonal Dhanani from Pakistan. Ms, Sonal is founder of organization Parindey working for mental health. She is a member of…
Whole world is in danger zone as we are facing the pandemic together. In the perk of maintaining social distance physically and hoping for connection online, YoSHAN comes up with an approach to provide information on corona virus using virtual platforms. We say maintain physical distance but maintain social connection.…
संकतको समयमा महिलाहरु र किशोरीहरु विकृत रुपले प्रभावित हुन्छन् । यस्तो समयमा यौन तथा प्रजनन स्वास्थ्य सेवा उपेक्षित हुन्छ । सेवामा पहुँच गाहो् साथै माग आपुर्ति गर्न पनि मुस्किल पर्छ । यसको कारण गर्भनिरोधक र सुरक्षित गर्भपतन सेवामा पनि बाधा पुग्छ । जसको कारण धेरै असुरक्षित गर्भपतन गराउने सम्भावना बढ्छ…
जब जोखिम आफ्नै घर भित्र हुन्छदेशका विभिन्न स्थानमा सञ्चालन गरिएका क्वारेन्टीनहरु लगायत अन्य सेवा प्रदायक स्थानहरुमा यौनिक तथा लैंगिक अल्पसंख्यक तथा अन्तरलिङ्गीहरुको पहिचान तथा आवश्यकतालाई पनि मध्यनजर गर्दैै सम्बन्धित निकायहरुलाई सोहि अनुरुप यौनिक तथा लैंगिक अल्पसंख्यक तथा अन्तरलिङ्गी मैत्री आवश्यक सेवारसुविधा भेदभाव रहित वातावरणमा उपलव्ध गराउन । कुनै परिवारमा सक्रमण…
