Rights- and evidence-based knowledge in legal action

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast

This podcast on rights- and evidence-based knowledge in legal action is part of a rights-based knowledge creation series by SRHM. The series includes articles, blogs, podcasts and webinars. There are links to these resources below.

In this episode, SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismodi speaks to esteemed colleagues in the SRHR movement about the use of evidence for legal and human rights and SRHR action in their respective situations. Given the ever-changing global, regional and national contexts they discuss how the nature of evidence and knowledge is changing over time and lastly, what we need to effectively use evidence and knowledge for legal and human rights action.

The discussion takes place between:

• Eszter Kidmodi, Chief Executive of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM)
• Mindy Jane Roseman, Director of International Law Programs and Director of the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights. Mindy is also an Associate Editor for SRHM.
• Allan Maleche, Executive Director of Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS. Allan is also an Editorial Advisory Board Member for SRHM
• Dipika Jain, Professor & Vice Dean and Director- Centre for Justice, Law and Society (CJLS), Jindal Global Law School. Dipika is also a Regional Editor for the SRHM South Asia Hub.

Useful links

• SRHM rights- and evidence-based knowledge creation resources
• Introductory guide to rights-based knowledge creation in SRHR
• Podcast on key concepts of rights-based research
• Webinar on accountability in sexual and reproductive health and rights research
• Sign up to the SRHM newsletter to hear about more events in this series