Interviewing Bhayva Joshi: Sexual Health and COVID

Bhayva Joshi is a PhD candidate at the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley whose research centers on empowering women and advocating on sexual health and reproductive rights. In this interview, Bhayva discusses factors that led to her pursuing her field in sexual health and how COVID has affected the accessibility of women’s reproductive health.

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Keywords: sexual health, reproductive rights, south Asian, Indian, research advocacy

Index

00:00:00 South Asian identity, patriarchy

00:03:18 Sexual reproductive health and rights

00:05:28 Addressing sexual reproductive rights in community

00:08:01 PhD programs, COVID experiences in India

00:11:58 Deprioritization of sexual reproductive rights during COVID

00:15:35 Decolonizing research

00:19:09 Importance of community