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
Health and Population Innovation (HPI) Fellowship Program (more)
The Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Program supported individuals implementing innovative approaches, action and/or research initiatives and advocacy and communications strategies in the areas of reproductive and sexual health and rights.
(4/2004 - 12/2006)
Topics:
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
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