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The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre
on Sexuality is hosted by TARSHI (Talking About
Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues) in New
Delhi, India. TARSHI is an NGO that believes that all
people have a right to sexual wellbeing and a self-affirming
and enjoyable sexuality. The Resource
Centre aims to increase knowledge and scholarship
on issues of sexuality, sexual health and sexual
well being in this region. It specifically focuses on
sexuality related work in China, India, Indonesia,
Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Philippines, and
Vietnam. The Resource Centre is part of the Ford
Foundation’s Global Dialogue on Sexual Health
and wellbeing. Similar centres are based in Africa,
Latin America and North America.
The Resource Centre has developed a range of programmes to enhance scholarship,
increase access to information, and further a dialogue on sexuality issues. The
Resource Centre conducts an annual Regional Institute on Sexuality, Society and
Culture, an eight day long course on
sexuality. The next one will be in China in 2007. The Resource Centre
collaborated with GAYa Nusantra in Indonesia to conduct the Applied Study
Programme on Sexual Diversity from August 23 to September 19, 2006. Five
participants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar and the Phillipines
participated in the programme along with five individuals from GAYa Nusantra.
The programme focused on the practical implications of working on issues of
sexual right and sexual diversity. The Resource Centre houses a library with
over 3000 books and material on sexuality. Our website (www.asiasrc.org)
hosts online moderated discussions on sexuality, news and announcements from the
region, links to resources on sexuality, and the library catalogue. You can
also download an electronic version of In Plainspeak.
For more information on our programmes and
events, please visit www.asiasrc.org.
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