Campaigns and Advocacy ...
Sama recognizes the critical role of advocacy in building collective understanding on various issues and to strengthen and sustain campaigns around them.
Advocacy initiatives of Sama, including those as part of other networks and coalitions, have reached out to nearly all states in India and to organizations, groups, networks and individuals from more than 15 countries across the world.
Sama is a member of national and international movements and networks such as the global People’s Health Movement (PHM), Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) - the Indian chapter of the PHM, National Network of Autonomous Women’s Groups (NNAWG), Ethics Movement, International Women and Health Meet (IWHM) and National Bioethics Conference.
Sama endorses initiatives and attempts to effectively use the spaces provided by the State and affiliated autonomous institutions, which are pro-people, pro-women, and pro-poor, and have a wide outreach.