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Aarambh Podcast 01- Asexuality and Children

What is Asexuality?  Can Children be Asexual? How can Parents have a conversation about Asexuality to children? Listen to this podcast where we try to explore these questions & more with Dr. Pragati Singh. Pragati is the founder of Indian Aces- on online collective for the Indian asexual community. Her work been recognized by governments...

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The ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of teaching consent in a class

I teach 60 enthusiastic third and fourth graders at a low-income private school in Mumbai along with my co-fellow, Kaushalya. At the beginning of our teaching journey, we came to realize that the kids were exposed to violence in their communities. They were replicating behavior that they saw- acts like hitting each other, punching each...

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The ‘Abused Body’ and their negotiation with Consent

It has been three years that I have been working with the survivors of Child sexual abuse. Being a survivor myself, I realised how a women’s body gets moulded with traumatic experiences that may have happened in their childhood. Their body and bodily expressions are influenced by the abusive memories that are attached to the...

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