UoH faculty Dr Sheela speaks in the Swedish Parliament 

She explained the surrogacy process as experienced by the surrogate mothers from selection into surrogacy to after the birth.

Hyderabad: Presenting her findings regarding surrogacy in India, Dr Sheela Suryanarayanan of the Centre for Women’s Studies at University of Hyderabad (UoH), spoke to the Swedish Parliament during a Webinar on June 22.

She explained the surrogacy process as experienced by the surrogate mothers from selection into surrogacy to after the birth. Surrogate mothers are picked from the poorest of the communities as they are desperately in need of money and are therefore submissive during the process.

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Dr. Sheela was speaking under the aegis of the Swedish Women’s Lobby and the other speakers were Taina Bien Aime, Executive Director of Coalition against Trafficking, New York and Liliana Forero from Iniciativa Equalidad in Colombia. Also part of the deliberations were lawyer and former Chancellor of Justice, Anna Skarhed, and politicians, Elin Gustafsson from S-Kvinnor and Sofia Jarl from Centerkvinnorna.

The women’s movement in Sweden for many years has emphasized the exploitation of women in the surrogacy industry and pushed for a ban on all forms of reproductive trade in women and children. The government has ordered a new law commission with the task to find legal solutions for surrogacy arrangements abroad. The Webinar was a part of the Swedish government’s processes in the legislation-making.

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