Saheli Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection is arranged into one series.
Series 1: Reproductive technologies - Women's Movement in India.
It captures Saheli's work with women's health, on campaigns against coercive state mandated population control measures, hazardous long acting contraceptives, unethical medical practices, etc.
Series 1 is divided into 11 sub-series.
Sub-series 1-8 are related to specific campaigns run by Saheli against contraceptives, vaccines and other new technologies introduced by the state in conjunction with corporations.
The Saheli campaigns centre on researching and collating data, generating public awareness, and fostering public accountability from government and corporations with the aim of bringing about transparency around trials and testing and negative effects of new reproductive technologies.
The material is in the form of legal documents (Public Interest Litigations), publicity material, internal administrative documents and correspondence with national and international organisations, correspondence with collaborators and allies, minutes of meetings, notes, media clippings and research references.
Sub-series 9 includes folders related to medical ethics, medical malpractice and invitations to workshops on women's health etc. Includes a typewritten note on Saheli's formation.
Sub-series 10 contains Saheli's newsletters, health reports and souvenir booklets in English and Hindi.
Dates
- Creation: 1976 - 2020
Creator
- Ramachandran, Anjali (Processing Archivist, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use.
Biographical / Historical
Saheli Women’s Resource Centre is a feminist collective set up in Delhi in 1981. The group started out as a crisis intervention centre for women who face oppression, violence and discrimination within families, communities, public spaces, workplaces and the law. Alongside, they worked on women's health which included running long standing campaigns against coercive population control policies, hazardous contraceptives and vaccines, sex-determination, etc. Saheli's other significant work has been against rising communalism, caste-based aggressions, state repression and war. In solidarity with LGBTQIA+ communities and people's movements, the group has also been part of many related struggles for rights, recognition, equality and justice. An integral part of the autonomous women's movement in India, Saheli continues today as a non-funded feminist collective. More details on Saheli's work can be found on their website, https://www.saheliwomen.org/.
Full Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (7 Archival Boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Hindi
Processing Information
The collection was initially reviewed and arranged by Rutuja Rokade, Archival Intern, Archives at NCBS. It was later appraised and certain material was removed by Vani Subramanian, Laxmi Murthy and Vineeta Bal on behalf of Saheli. The final processing, arrangement, and finding aid was created by Anjali Ramachandran, Senior Archivist, Archives at NCBS.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives at NCBS Repository
National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bangalore Karnataka 560065 India
+9180 6717 6010
+9180 6717 6011
archives@ncbs.res.in