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Planned Parenthood-Sexual Consent

Consent means actively agreeing to be sexual with someone. Consent lets someone know that sex is wanted. Sexual activity without consent is rape or sexual assault.

What's consent?
Sexual consent is an agreement to participate in a sexual activity. Before being sexual with someone, you need to know if they want to be sexual with you too. It's also important to be honest with your partner about what you want and don’t want.

Consenting and asking for consent are all about setting your personal boundaries and respecting those of your partner-and checking in if things aren't clear. Both people must agree to sex-every single time-for it to be consensual.

Without consent, sexual activity (including oral sex, genital touching, and vaginal or anal penetration) is sexual assault or rape.

Consent is easy as FRIES:

• Freely given: Consenting is a choice you make without pressure, manipulation, or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
• Reversible: Anyone can change their mind about what they feel like doing, anytime. Even if you've done it before, and even if you're both naked in bed.
• Informed: You can only consent to something if you have the full story. For example, if someone says they’ll use a condom and then they don’t, there isn’t full consent.
• Enthusiastic: When it comes to sex, you should only do stuff you WANT to do, not things that you feel you're expected to do.
• Specific: Saying yes to one thing (like going to the bedroom to make out) doesn't mean you've said yes to others (like having sex).

For more information or advice:

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Planned Parenthood-Birth Control Method Quiz

If you have sex (or think you might have it in the future), take our Birth Control Method Quiz. Find out which birth control methods are best for you.

For more information or advice:
Call Planned Parenthood Helpline Number of Ixora Society: +91-9137846407, 8850948279

Planned Parenthood-Emergency Contraception

Accidents happen. That's why there's emergency contraception- a safe and effective way to prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex. There are a few types of emergency contraception, and some work better than others.

You can use emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy if:

• You didn't use a condom or other birth control method when you had vaginal sex
• You forgot to take your birth control pills and had vaginal sex
• Your condom broke or slipped off after ejaculation 
• Your partner didn't pull out in time
• You were forced to have unprotected vaginal sex

What kinds of emergency contraception are there?
There are 2 ways to prevent pregnancy after you have unprotected sex:

1. Option 1: Get a Paragard IUD within 120 hours (5 days) after having unprotected sex. This is the most effective type of emergency contraception.
2. Option 2: Take an emergency contraceptive pill (AKA the morning-after pill) within 120 hours (5 days) after having unprotected sex. A pill with levonorgestrel. Brand names include: Plan B One Step, Take Action, My Way, AfterPill, and others. You can buy these morning-after pills over the counter without a prescription in most drugstores and pharmacies. These types of morning-after pills work best when you take them within 72 hours (3 days) after unprotected sex, but you can take them up to 5 days after. The sooner you take them, the better they work.

For more information or advice:
Call Planned Parenthood Helpline Number of Ixora Society: +91-9137846407, 8850948279

Planned Parenthood-The Abortion Pill

What is the abortion pill?
Medication abortion- also called the abortion pill- is a safe and effective way to end an early pregnancy.

How does the abortion pill work?
"Abortion Pill" is the common name for using two different medicines to end a pregnancy: mifepristone and misoprostol.

1. First, you take a pill called mifepristone. Pregnancy needs a hormone called progesterone to grow normally. Mifepristone blocks your body's own progesterone, stopping the pregnancy from growing.
2. Then you take the second medicine, misoprostol, either right away or up to 48 hours later. This medicine causes cramping and bleeding to empty your uterus. It's kind of like having a really heavy, crampy period, and the process is very similar to an early miscarriage. If you don’t have any bleeding within 24 hours after taking the second medicine, call your nurse or doctor.

How effective is the abortion pill?
The abortion pill is very effective. The effectiveness depends on how far along you are in your pregnancy when you take the medicine.

• For people who are 8 weeks pregnant or less, it works about 94-98 out of 100 times.
• For people who are 8-9 weeks pregnant, it works about 94-96 out of 100 times.
• For people who are 9-10 weeks pregnant, it works about 91-93 out of 100 times.

For more information or advice:
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Planned Parenthood-Abortion

Abortion in India is legal in certain circumstances. It can be performed on various grounds until 20 weeks of pregnancy. In exceptional cases, a court may allow a termination after 20 weeks.
When a woman gets a pregnancy terminated voluntarily from a service provider, it is called induced abortion.


What to do?
Safe abortion: Provided by health-care workers and with methods recommended by WHO.

Legalization

Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC), a term "rooted in the belief that women must be able to access high-quality, affordable abortion care in the communities where they live and work", was first introduced in India by Ipas in 2000. The concept of CAC encompasses care through the entire period from conception to post abortion care and includes pain management.

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 provides the legal framework for making CAC services available in India. Termination of pregnancy is permitted for a broad range of conditions up to 20 weeks of gestation as detailed below:

1. When continuation of pregnancy is a risk to the life of a pregnant woman or could cause grave injury to her physical or mental health;
2. When there is substantial risk that the child, if born, would be seriously handicapped due to physical or mental abnormalities;
3. When pregnancy is caused due to rape (presumed to cause grave injury to the mental health of the woman);
4. When pregnancy is caused due to failure of contraceptives used by a married woman or her husband (presumed to constitute grave injury to mental health of the woman).

The MTP Act specifies – (i) who can terminate a pregnancy; (ii) till when a pregnancy can be terminated; and (iii) where can a pregnancy be terminated.

As per the provisions of the MTP Act, only the consent of woman whose pregnancy is being terminated is required. However, in case of a minor i.e. below the age of 18 years, or a mentally ill woman, consent of guardian (MTP Act defines guardian as someone who has the care of the minor. This does not imply that only parent/s are required to consent.) is required for termination. The MTP Rules, 2003 prescribe that consent needs to be documented on Form C [Rule 9] Consent Form.

The MTP Act details that for terminations up to 12 weeks, the opinion of a single Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) is required and for terminations between 12 and 20 weeks the opinion of two RMP's is required. However, termination is conducted by one RMP. The MTP Regulations, 2003 prescribe opinion of RMP/s to be recorded on Form I [Regulation 3] Opinion Form.

The MTP Regulations, 2003 prescribe the reporting requirements to be maintained by the head of the hospital or owner of the approved place
Form III [Regulation 5] Admission Register: This template is used to document details of women whose pregnancies have been terminated at the facility. The register needs to be retained for a period of five years till the end of the calendar year it relates to.
Form II [(Regulation 4(5)] Monthly Statement: This form is used to report MTP performed at a hospital or approved place during the month. The head of the hospital or owner of the approved place should send the monthly report of MTP cases to the Chief Medical Officer of the district.

For more information or advice:
Call Planned Parenthood Helpline Number of Ixora Society: +91-9137846407, 8850948279

#BlankFaceMovement

Every year I try to start something new, not related to work, for work thanks to nature of job every day doing something new, was thinking what for this year, last couple of years started initiative to create awareness on fatty liver disease or osteoporosis or helping those dumped in hospital or helping those fearing honor killing. This year a movement, Blank face. People cant see them, their face always remain unknown, people cant hear them, their voice always remain mute, people cant see their expressions, people treat them something unwanted, something exists only for mare existence. But they have body, they work and help those who have a face which can see, which can express their feeling, which people can hear and so follow them and make their faces more known, more visible. through #BlankFaceMovement I want to make those blank faces know and understand meaning of having a face.

Helpline against honor killings

If fearing your relatives kill you and your partner reason married against their wishes, please contact us 24x7. Apart from saving your life, we'll also help to empower you, get proper guidance that not have any financial constraints, become strong enough to face your family members and fight on your own, later.
Contact number: +91-8097578752

Help Line- Harassment,molestation,rape,domestic violence

Harassment,molestation,rape,domestic violence, can send email to us or call. we are not police,not take bribe and harass you or your family members.
We are not politicians, never use you to build own career. We are not money loving NGOs, so never ripoff you.
Please send email to rangpencil@gmail.com or call +91-8097578752

Empower One, Empower India

We can empower at least one person every year! We can help to get jaipur foot, can provide vocational training to one, to one in every year.
We can help one person to get some fund to start something on their own, every year.
We can help one beggar to start working and earn instead of begging, every year.
We can send one child labor to school, help his/her family to earn enough that no more have to depend on income of that child labor, that we can do every year!

Teach her feminism-1

Feminism is the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.
Feminist movements have campaigned and continue to campaign for women's rights, including the right to work, to earn fair wages or equal pay, to have equal rights within marriage. Feminists have also worked to protect women and girls from rape, sexual harassment, and domestic violence.

The 2012 National Crime Records Bureau report of India states a reported rate of domestic cruelty by husband or his relatives as 5.9 per 100,000. These reported rates are significantly smaller than the reported intimate partner domestic violence rates in many countries, such as the United States (590 per 100,000) and reported homicide (6.2 per 100,000 globally), crime and rape incidence rates per 100,000 women for most nations tracked by the United Nations.

Living under a constant fear, threat and humiliation are some of the feelings developed in the minds of the victims as a consequence of an atrocious violence.Battered women have tendency to remain quiet, agonized and emotionally disturbed after the occurrence of the torment. A psychological set back and trauma because of domestic violence affects women’s productivity in all forms of life. The suicide case of such victimized women is also a deadly consequence and the number of such cases is increasing.

Unfortunately, at present there is no single law in the Indian Constitution which can strictly deal with all the different forms of Domestic Violence. There is an urgent need for such a law in India. In fact, there has also been misuse of section 498-A and Domestic Violence Act, 2005 because of restricted definition of cruelty subjected to married women.

Update- Awareness campaign on Fatty Liver disease and osteoporosis

Today we talked with around 30 people living in a slum in Adarshnagar, Goregaon. We talked about fatty liver disease and osteoporosis.
We'll collaborate with 3 local organizations and through their events also continue our awareness campaign.
We try to organize medical camp here soon. Hope get couple of volunteers also here.

Workshop at Poisar, Mumbai on 24.01.2016

Ixora Society Organized workshop with kids living in a slum at Poisar, Kandivali, Mumbai. More than 150 kids were participated. Thanks to local people who co-operated a lot. Hope soon Ixora Society will organize many events for kids there. Here some snaps and video clips:

New Volunteers and Donors

New Volunteers-
Mr.Vineet Rastogi
Mr.Sunil Abhilash
Mr.Valentino Agri
Ms.Rinky Sharma
Ms.Anita Sharma
Ms.Priyanka Shrivastava
Ms.Lucie Dohnalová
Ms.Nadjet Tjr Chik
Mr.Dr. GG Yadav
Ms.Sunita Babupadyar
Ms.Reena Chandrabhusan Sharma
Mr.Dr.Kailas A Patil
Ms.Kobusingye Juliet
Mr.Rajnath Pande
Mr.Gaurav Pande
Mr.Suraj Bishwakarma

New Donors-
Mr.Valentino Agri- INR 10/-
Mr.Nilesh Joshi- INR 10/-
Mr.Sunil Nagvekr- INR 10/-
Mr.Rajesh Nagvekr- INR 10/-
Ms.Giulia De Bisso- INR 10/-
Mr.Cyprian Sequira- INR 10/-

Osteoporosis awareness campaign at Poisar, Kanidivali,Mumbai

Osteoporosis is often called a silent disease because you can’t feel your bones getting weaker. Breaking a bone is often the first sign that you have osteoporosis or you may notice that you are getting shorter or your upper back is curving forward. If you are experiencing height loss or your spine is curving, be sure to talk to your doctor or any orthopedic surgeon right away as the disease may be already in advanced stage.
Bone density measurement by a method called DEXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) is the most effective way to assess osteoporosis risk.
Factors that may increase the risk of osteoporosis include:
Drop in estrogen after menopause for women
Drop in testosterone for aging male
Smoking and excessive drinking, taking specific medications (such as corticosteroids)
Lack of exercise
Lack of calcium and vitamin D
We talked with around 60 people living in a slum at Poisar, Kandivali, Mumbai. They never heard about osteoporosis disease. Though they know eating milk based products, leafy vegetables and sun are good for health.
We pitched to following people to become Osteoporosis crusaders and create more awareness:
Ladies Tailor running tailoring shop there
Football players living in that slum
Snacks vendor who sell snacks there and most of his consumer are women living there
and Group of old people who every evening chat in chaupal there
We explained them what is osteoporosis disease, causes of that disease, diagnosis and medication.
We'll continue our awareness campaign and hope many people become Osteoporosis Crusader and create awareness about Osteoporosis disease.

We Organized- Drawing competition/workshop on 25th January at Poisar, Kandivali,Mumbai

We organized drawing competition/workshop on 25th January 2015 at Poisar,Kandivali,Mumbai.More than 150 kids living in a slum there participated. We want to thank all volunteers specially Reena,Sunita and Anita. Who helped Ixora Society to organized that event. Also people living there who during that event helped us and brought their kids. Also special thanks to new volunteer of Ixora Society, Mr.Vineet Rastogi and his wife!Also Anita forming self help group of women living there and Ixora Society helping them. Reena and Sunita will co-ordinate. Already 11 women joined Anita's self help group!  

Fatty Liver Diesease- awareness campaign

Doctors say that in more than 90% cases, patients don’t realize that they have a liver disease until it’s late. Liver diseases are a silent killer. Alcohol abuse cause maximum cases of cirrhosis of Liver. Nearly 200,000 people in India die of terminal liver disease every year. Most of the people can be saved by transplants or early detection and treatment.

Almost all heavy alcohol drinkers have fatty liver disease. Liver can’t work properly and liver failure, liver cancer, and liver-related death may occur. Fatty Liver Disease is one of the main causes of cirrhosis of liver. Only Ultrasound Test can detect Fatty Liver. Contact nearest hospital for Ultrasound Test. If you have Fatty Liver Disease- STOP ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.

We tried to create more awareness on fatty liver disease among auto rickshaw drivers in Mumbai. People who live in slum areas in Poisar and near Cooper Hospital.

Though most of the people know alcohol consumption not good for health and still they drink. Hope after our campaign at least some people, who are heavy drinker, visit nearest hospital and do Ultrasound Test!

wE Organized: DrawIng Competition on 9th March 2014 at Poisar,Kandivali,Mumbai

We organized drawing competition on 9th March 2014 at Poisar,Kandivali,Mumbai.More than 150 kids living in slums there participated. We want to thank all volunteers coz of them the event was a success.

WE helP: Free coaching to Students@Goregaon March'12

We organized free coaching classes in Goregaon!
We encourage Education for all!
Better Education!Better Opportunity!For All!

WE Organized: dRawing competition on 26th Jan'12

On 26th Jan '12 we organized drawing competition @ Goregaon!100+ kids participated!
We are thankful to Jaipan for their help!
We are thankful to local people for their co-operation!
We encourage Creativity!