Life Lessons

Teaching science, contraceptions at an Assam madarsa

All Smiles

Women await their turn at a family planning clinic in Bihar

People watch as a magician performs next to a man dressed as a condom, during an awareness program on International Condom Day in New Delhi.

Rural trouble Survivors of the tubectomy camp in Bilaspur being treated

Sudesh, 27, Kol tribal, Rewa

Lost his parents when young. Mentally unstable and unmarried, he was asked to come and clean his upper-caste neighbour’s house. Was lure...

Lalita, age 35, Kol tribal, Rewa

Got sterilised on January 25 when her anganwadi worker informed her that her name would be struck off the BPL list. She has been promi...

Lalit, 22, Kol tribal, Satna

Sterilised on February 12. Had to undergo vasectomy as his wife, an anganwadi worker, had targets set for her by the district collector, ...

Shyam Lal, 16, Kol tribal, Rewa

Forcibly sterilised on February 16. Was told that he was being treated for fever. Abandoned by the doctor in an unconscious state, had ...

Sitakumari, 38, Kol tribal, Satna

Faced with the threat of having her name struck off the BPL list, she underwent tubectomy on February 15. Had seven daughters, and a ...

Mohammed Shakeel and Kehkashan have three kids.

Big winnersKamal Verma and Mamta with their daughte

Young girls walk past an activist of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals dressed as a condom hold a placard urging people about animal birth control ahead of the World Popu...

Transvestites prepare for a fashion show featuring condom-decorated clothing, held concurrently with the Latin American and Carribean HIV/AIDS conference in San Salvador, El Salvad...

A model displays condoms on a hat during a reproductive health expo in Beijing, China. The State Population and Family Planning Commission has reiterated that China would not relax...