PHM-Exch> India: report on the study on commercial surrogacy

[Claudio Schuftan]

>From "N. B. Sarojini" <sama.womenshealth at gmail.com>


Sama Resource Group for Women and Health, Delhi is happy to announce the
release of,



1. ‘*Birthing a Market’*, *a report on the study on commercial
surrogacy*undertaken by Sama. The study analyses the perspectives of
various actors,
surrogates, agents, doctors and commissioning parent, involved in the
industry and the arrangements to establish the position of the surrogate in
the arrangement as well as the logics driving the industry. The research
was conducted in Delhi and Punjab and captures the variations in the
industry across the regions. The study does a careful analysis of the
medical practice and the interests that influence it.



The context in which women are increasingly choosing to enter the industry
as well as the various accompanying ideological tropes in practice are
highlighted to better understand their choices and unearth the ways in
which the arrangements embody both relations of domination as well as
possible subversion. The study brings to fore a critique of the practice by
raising questions regarding women’s work, the public health system in India
and medical ethics in private health care. This critique is situated
within the debates of women’s autonomy and organization of care in the
current political economy of a transnational industry.

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*2.** “CAN WE SEE THE BABY BUMP PLEASE?” *is a 43 minute *film* on *commercial
surrogacy* in India, that explores questions and concerns through the
experiences of surrogate women. The film’s narrative traces the ethical
challenges, medical malpractice, and potential exploitation that can occur
when surrogacy is practiced in a legal vacuum, while also highlighting and
understanding the interplay of surrogate women’s choices, contexts and
compulsions.



Directed by Surabhi Sharma

Produced by Sama – Resource Group for Women and Health

Executive Producer- Magic Lantern Foundation

Funded by- UNFPA, India



*For more details contact: *

Sama- Resource Group for Women and Health, B-45, 2nd Floor, Main Road
Shivalik, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110017 | Email:
sama.womenshealth at gmail.com | Website: www.samawomenshealth.org
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