Shruti Arora
Email: shruti.arora@qmul.ac.uk
Room Number: Bancroft Building 2.08
Profile
PhD project
Abortion and Reproductive Politics and Digital Health Technologies in India.
Research interests
Sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice; Intersectionality; Gender, Sexuality and Queer studies; Young people; Technologies; Feminist research methodologies
Academic background
M.A. Gender Studies, Sussex University
B.A. English Honours, Delhi University
Publications
Bandopadhyay, KK and Arora, S (2021) Institutionalising Online Citizen Participation in Public Policymaking in India, Participatory Research in Asia.
Bandopadhyay, KK and Arora, S (2021) Protocol for Online Citizen Consultation in Public Policymaking, Participatory Research in Asia.
Arora, S (2019) Youth-Led Audits for Strengthening Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services, The YP Foundation.
Arora, S. and Matiyani, M. (ed.) (2022) In Safe Hands: A resource guide towards inclusive healthcare, The YP Foundation.
Lead researcher (2021) Resource package on Youth-Friendly Service Provision, United National Population Fund India.
Borah, R. and Arora, S. (2013) Gender Aadharit Hinsa Aur Yaunikta Training Module, Nirantar.
Conference Presentations
'Understanding and addressing social hierarchies through SRHR accountability work', COPASAH Global Symposium, Delhi, India, October 2019.
'Youth-Led Action and Research for Demanding Adolescent-Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health Services', Women Deliver, Vancouver, Canada, June 2019.
'Abortion Myths and Challenges in Comprehensive Abortion Care in India', Breaking Boundaries: Sexuality, Gender, Reproduction, Health and Rights, organised by International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2017.
'Policy Adit: A Heteronormativity Audit of RMSA – A higher education Programme in Indian Schools', An Inclusive Forum on Sexuality, Poverty and Law, Manila, Philippines, May 2014.
Articles/ Blog
GenderIT.org, 'Researching and Reflecting on Experiences of Digital Privacy in India', Shruti Arora, May 2023.
GenderIT.org, 'Digital Technologies in the Abortion Rights Movement', Shruti Arora, August 2022.
India Development Review, 'Citizens should have a say in the laws that affect their lives', Kaustuv Kanti Bandopadhyay and Shruti Arora, March 2022.
India Development Review, 'Don’t Turn Away the Young', Ipsa Agnani and Shruti Arora, January 2021.
In Plainspeak, TARSHI, 'Interview: Safety and Sexuality', Shruti Arora, April 2020.
Supervisors
Dr. Philippa Williams and Dr. Sydney Calkin
Funding
Queen Mary University of London HSS Principal’s Research Studentship