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Shveta Kalyanwala

Senior Program Officer

Shveta Kalyanwala is a senior program officer in the Population Council’s New Delhi office. She coordinates a small-grants program on research on sexual and reproductive health issues in Bihar and Jharkhand as well as the Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Program. Previously she designed and facilitated surveys, interviews, data analysis, and reporting for the DFID-funded project on building livelihoods skills and opportunities for adolescent girls in Gujarat.

Prior to joining the Council, Kalyanwala was a researcher with the Educational Resource Unit, a program officer with HealthWatch Trust, and a program coordinator with PRIA, an independent, nonprofit voluntary development organization in New Delhi. She has been involved in designing, coordinating, and conducting training workshops and has also held several positions as a social worker. Kalyanwala holds an M.S. degree in social work from the University of Baroda.

Shveta Kalyanwala

Senior Program Officer

Working Group on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (more)
The Delhi-based Working Group on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights exchanges ideas and information and ongoing work and encourages collaboration across disciplinary boundaries.
(8/2003 - ongoing)
Topics: Sexuality education
Countries: India

Expanding the MVA Provider Base in India: The Feasibility of Provision of Abortion by Mid-level Providers (more)
In India, Council staff members are working to make it possible for nurses to provide manual vacuum aspiration, thereby reducing death and injury associated with unsafe abortion.
(6/2007 - 6/2011)
Topics: Safe abortion and postabortion care
Countries: India

Increasing Access to Comprehensive Abortion Care Services in India (more)
The Population Council is assessing the effectiveness of a project to reduce constraints on women’s access to safe abortion.
(7/2006 - 3/2011)
Topics: Maternal and newborn health; Safe abortion and postabortion care
Countries: India

Investigating Provider-level Factors Facilitating and Impeding Women's Access to Medical Abortion in India (more)
A Council study in India found that although medical abortion is provided by both certified and uncertified providers, awareness of the method is limited, national guidelines are not necessarily followed, and attitudes about expanding the provider base to include midlevel providers are generally unfavorable.
(11/2009 - 12/2011)
Topics: Safe abortion and postabortion care
Countries: India

Postabortion Contraception Following Medical and Surgical Abortion Among Women in India (more)
A Council study determined that adoption and continuation of postabortion contraception are virtually identical among women undergoing surgical and medical abortion in India.
(11/2009 - 12/2011)
Topics: Access to contraceptive methods; Family planning services; Quality of care; Safe abortion and postabortion care
Countries: India

Shveta Kalyanwala

Senior Program Officer

Experiences of unmarried young abortion-seekers in Bihar and Jharkhand, India  (abstract
Kalyanwala,Shveta; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kumar,Rajesh
Culture, Health and Sexuality 14(3): 241-255
Publication date: 2012

Factors associated with second trimester abortion in rural Maharashtra and Rajasthan, India  (abstract
Zavier,A.J.Francis; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Global Public Health 7(8): 897-908
Publication date: 2012

Can nurses perform manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) as safely and effectively as physicians? Evidence from India  (abstract
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kumar,Rajesh; Mundle,Shuchita; Tank,J.; Acharya,Rajib; Jha,Nita
Contraception 84(6): 615-621
Publication date: 2011

Increasing access to safe abortion in rural Maharashtra: Outcomes of a comprehensive abortion care model  (PDF
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Acharya,Rajib; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Publication date: 2011

Increasing access to safe abortion in rural Rajasthan: Outcomes of a comprehensive abortion care model  (PDF
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Acharya,Rajib; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Publication date: 2011

Abortion experiences of unmarried young women in India: Evidence from a facility-based study in Bihar and Jharkhand  (abstract) (PDF) (HTML
Kalyanwala,Shveta; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kumar,Rajesh
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 36(2): 62-71
Publication date: 2010

Assessing abortion-related experiences and needs in four districts of Maharashtra and Rajasthan, 2006  (PDF
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Publication date: 2010

Experience seeking abortion among unmarried young women in Bihar and Jharkhand, India: Delays and disadvantages  (abstract
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kumar,Rajesh; Jha,Nita
Reproductive Health Matters 18(35): 163-174
Publication date: 2010

Broadening girls' horizons: Effects of life skills education programme in rural Uttar Pradesh  (PDF
Acharya,Rajib; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Nathani,Vinita
Publication date: 2009

Desire for motherhood: Exploring HIV-positive women's desires, intentions and decision-making in attaining motherhood  (abstract
Kanniappan,S.; Jeyapaul,M.J.; Kalyanwala,Shveta
AIDS Care 20(6): 625-630
Publication date: 2008

Simplifying medical abortion: Home administration of Misoprostol  (abstract) (PDF
Mundle,Shuchita; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Elul,Batya; Ugahade,S.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India 58(5): 410-416
Publication date: 2008

Factors underlying the fertility intentions of people living with HIV/AIDS in Karnataka 
Kalyanwala,Shveta; Iyengar,Sanghamitra; Janardhan,Sulekha
Publication date: 2007

Increasing access to safe abortion services in rural India: Experiences with medical abortion in a primary health center  (abstract
Mundle,Shuchita; Elul,Batya; Anand,Abhijeet; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Ughade,Suresh
Contraception 76(1): 66-70
Publication date: 2007

Influencing girls' lives: Acceptability and effectiveness of a livelihoods skill building intervention in Gujarat  (PDF
Kalyanwala,Shveta
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 18)
Publication date: 2007

Influencing girls' lives: Acceptability and effectiveness of a livelihoods skill building intervention in Gujarat  (PDF
SEWA; SEWA Academy; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Acharya,Rajib; Deshpande,Sunetra
Publication date: 2006

Spending, saving and borrowing: Perceptions and experiences of girls in Gujarat  (PDF
Kalyanwala,Shveta; Sebstad,Jennefer
Publication date: 2006

Building livelihoods, skills, and opportunities for adolescent girls in Ahmedabad and Vadodara districts, Gujarat, India 
Widge,Anjali; Sebstad,Jennefer; Deshpande,Sunetra; Kalyanwala,Shveta
Research Update
Publication date: 2003

Shveta Kalyanwala

Senior Program Officer

Pathways to abortion among married and unmarried young women in India (abstract)  
Presentation at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 28 September
Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Kalyanwala,Shveta; Zavier,A.J.Francis; Kumar,Rajesh
Publication date: 2009

Shveta Kalyanwala

Senior Program Officer

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