All I guess, my earlier mail did not get to the list, Hence I am resending it. Please ignore, if the mail was recieved. Harish.
----- Original Message ----- From: harish To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 1:00 PM Subject: Recording on marriage and relationship at AI convention Friends As requested, I am providing a link of the talk by Nidhi Goyal following her bio-data She has permitted us to share the recording. Should anyone desire to transcribe or translate it, I would request to obtain prior permission from her before it is published on any platform. Her email id is: nidhigoyal...@gmail.com Nidhi goyal About me I acquired my Bachelors and Masters degree in commerce and economics from leading colleges in Mumbai. . After a stint as a journalist at a national newspaper, I signed up for a PG diploma in Social Communications at Sophia Polytechnic and went on to top my class. After graduation, I have worked on translating and editing manuscripts : PEACOCK FEATHERS- a book on ethical living, and AYURVEDIC GARBHA SANSKAR- a book on pregnancy and childcare. Alongside I freelanced with New Women, a leading women's magazine. In 2011, I came across a dream opportunity offered by a Mumbai-based nonprofit called Point of View that advocates for women's rights through media, art and culture interventions. My role was as a project coordinator for the country's first-ever initiative to build an online resource for women with disabilities. with them I co-authored the website www.sexualityanddisability.org, which talks about issues of sexual rights, relationships and violence faced by women with disabilities. I was invited to present my findings at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity in Hawaii. Even though my lens for the project was Indian, or South Asian at best, I learnt that the issues and the narratives resonated with a global audience. Outside building the online resource, I organized a campaign for Point of View to address gender-based violence. Called 'Humari Zindagi, Humari Choice', I worked with six Mumbai colleges and reached 1000 students to highlight ideas of inclusion, feminism and homosexuality. On my own time, I volunteer with two nonprofit organizations to organize life-skills training ranging from self defense, mobility, table etiquette, and first aid to career counseling for the visually impaired. I also mentor others like me to help them overcome physical and psychological barriers. I have been invited at conferences by CEHAT, a women's rights group, and the Feminist India group to share my experience and perspective on issues of gender, disability and their intersection. To take my grass roots activism to the next lever of influence- policy making on a regional and international scale, I am pursuing MSC in development studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science with a full scholarship from the Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program. This academic degree is a step to move towards my long-term goal which is to form policy on gender and disability issues with a focus on South Asia. Alongside policy work I want to be an informed, public voice to influence change in attitudes towards women with disabilities. **** when I am in my non work or academic avatar, I am someone who loves dancing, being a trained bharat natyam and salsa dancer, or am listening to music, having trained in Hindustani vocal for 4 years, or am enjoying a good theatre production , swimming at leisure, or meeting interesting people. The link to download is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tui2v6cfgcjr9ok/disability%20and%20relationships-%20AI%20convention-%20nidhi%20goyal%20talk.WMA Harish Kotian Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
