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DESCRIPTION:Nidhi Vij\,&nbsp\;PhD Candidate\, Department of Public Administ
 ration\,\nSyracuse UniversityMobiles for Mother’s in Melghat: Using Mobile
 \nPhones to Enhance Policy Awareness and Public Engagement in Maternal Hea
 lthcare\nin IndiaIn\nMelghat\,\nMaharashtra\, home to Korku tribals\,\na w
 oman dies every month during childbirth. Broadcasting audio-messages on\nm
 obile phones about on maternal health policies to 82 pregnant women in Mel
 ghat\,\nVij’s\nresearch traces the potential and pitfalls of mobile phones
  in generating\nawareness and empowering women to demand maternal health b
 enefits from the\nState. She finds that mobile phones can trigger engageme
 nt\, but that there are\nlimitations given gendered nature of phone owners
 hip and usage.Open to the publicSponsored by the South Asia Center at the 
 Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs 
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SUMMARY:SAC presents: Nidhi Vij
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Nidhi Vij</b>\,&nbsp\;<i>PhD Cand
 idate\, Department of Public Administration\,\nSyracuse University</i></p>
 <p><b>Mobiles for Mother’s in Melghat: Using Mobile\nPhones to Enhance Pol
 icy Awareness and Public Engagement in Maternal Healthcare\nin India</b></
 p>In\nMelghat\,\nMaharashtra\, home to Korku tribals\,\na woman dies every
  month during childbirth. Broadcasting audio-messages on\nmobile phones ab
 out on maternal health policies to 82 pregnant women in Melghat\,\nVij’s\n
 research traces the potential and pitfalls of mobile phones in generating\
 nawareness and empowering women to demand maternal health benefits from th
 e\nState. She finds that mobile phones can trigger engagement\, but that t
 here are\nlimitations given gendered nature of phone ownership and usage.<
 p>Open to the public</p><p><b><i>Sponsored by the South Asia Center at the
  Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</i></b></p><p> </p><p></p>
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