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OSI Forum: Meena Seshu
Location: OSI - New York
Event Date(s): February 28, 2006
Multimedia:   AUDIO

OSI’s Sexual Health and Rights Project presented a discussion with Meena Seshu, founder and secretary general of Sampada Grameen Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM), an HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and support organization working with socially marginalized populations in Maharashtra State, India. In addition to educating the general public about HIV/AIDS, SANGRAM targets sex workers and other vulnerable populations at risk of HIV/AIDS infection to improve their health, build their capacity to negotiate for safer sex, and support them in asserting and defending their rights. Seshu’s outstanding work with SANGRAM led Human Rights Watch to honor her in 2002 with the Human Rights Award, their highest recognition.

Seshu discussed SANGRAM's work as well as current challenges in providing sexual health and rights services to marginalized populations.

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OSI Forum: Meena Seshu
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Spotlight on Meena Seshu, SANGRAM: Sex Worker Rights in Rural India
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July 26, 2006
This article from the SHARP Newsletter looks at Meena Seshu, whose organization helps sex workers in India. more

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