Premarital Pregnancy Documenting Design project II: A health guide for the urban folks, with unwanted pregnancy Krishnokoli UG, Semester 5
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Introduction It began mainly focusing the type of target audience and informations to be provided.
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Safe sex has been spoken about so much! Everybody has been warned to use condoms, have contraceptive pills or do many more stuff. What if it failed? or what if the couple didn’t have any of them due to circumstances?
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Sex is an age old practice
and, with it comes a lot of rules and responsibilities. However, behind the facade of a Human brain, there still lies a deep seated animal instinct. A desire a to recreate and procreate. This however is not accepted well by a ‘civilised soceity’. It is considered, ‘improper, unchaste, adultrous, illicit and above all immoral.’ In other words, when the society decides and acknowledges a relationship, only then is it rightful, chaste, licit and moral. The society does not stop there, even after giving the couple a horrendous ride of guilt trip for committing a crime like Love, it decides to probe further and point out who is more guilty of the two. Just as the bible had told us that it was Eve that seduced Adam into tasting the Forbidden fruit, we know the index finger points towards the female 4
genitalia... It is indeed the culprit, the demon or perhaps the devil itself. Therefore it is condemned to suffer. In recent times the suffering has gone to wild extremeties. Unfortunately we look up to the media, to know the intricate details of these sufferings and comment on the irresponsibilty of the part takers, not tryig and understanding their . Till very lately, there were establishments like Magdalene Laundries in Ireland where ‘fallen women (women who had sex out of wedlock, )’ were enslaved and made to do hard labour so that they are cleansed of heir sins. Enough with sins and sufferings, but what does a woman do (in recent times) when she does/or is forced to engage in sex before marriage? After readings tons of case studies and speaking to many survivors, I could say, in India atleast, they want to be ‘done with it’, even if it is by harming themselves, because somewhere they feel that ‘they are guilty’. ‘It is because of them that this happened. And it shouldn’t have happened because her body is not hers, it is sacred property to be protected and nourished
by her family and loved ones. But she had commited this crime and desecrated the holy alter of chastity.’ This project was inspired from an article on an unmarried girl who underwent an unsucessful abortion. Unlike many other articles this was not a success story. Since pregnancy and sexual health of females is literally a matter of life and death, I wondered wether or not it is possible to guide them to understand their rights over their body and finally own it. Since we have been taught from a very early age that marriage is a sacred institution and those who do not abide by it are outcasts, we tend to believe that it can be the “be all and end all” of all femenine beings. Unfortunately patriarchy in India has used used this theme over and over again to commoditize the female body. Hence all those who take charge of their sexuality are either reffered to as Sluts, Whores or Prudes. With passing days, more women are realizing this hypocrisy in the system where Pregnancy before marriage treated like a curse while pregnancy after marriage is treated like a celebration,
the only difference being a tiny mangalsutra or sindoor. In both cases, the woman doesn’t change, nor does her qualities. This brings us to the conclusion that none of it is for the woman, yet she is the one victimzed, gossiped about, hated for merely making love! Even if its a taboo sometimes our benevolent schools has backed us giving a sneak peak of sexual do’s and don’ts so that we dont get pregnant. We have been informed about the use of contraceptives, sometimes in discreet ways, and sometimes through large aids campaign posters in the hghways. Either ways we have been reminded of safe sex. However, its not difficult to find people still going through unplanned pregnancy! Be it their ignorance/heat of the moment, it is a problem that do happen. However, there remains little or no choice for these unwanted mothers to be. Some are forced to abort, some are forced to give birth and either way is not considered respectable. It was my humble attempt to create something meaningful, to make women understand their rights to their bodies and the choices they can take regarding it 5
Initial Objective It began mainly focusing the type of target audience and informations to be provided.
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No matter how large an audience, I personally wanted to cater to it cannot happen. Sex and its implications has been so much different for everybody. An urban audience however, could be more relatable!
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Intitially I began
making mind maps of what I was exactly looking for in the project. the questions included: •Which type of audience am I looking at? •What are their specifications regarding their cultural background? •What sort of help would they require? I intended not to make something that would scare or gross women out of it but would instill in them a curiosity to read further. •What would be her reaction once she knows she is pregnant? Which would requirer a further indepth study through survey and talking to psychologists. •What sort of information should I provide her with? I was looking forward to make a responsible design and not make the reader feel like she can do things by herself. 8
Mind mapping
After some brain mapping I figured out somethings which would would help me make some sense. First, came the question of the target audience. Would it be universal? would it cater to a large mass of people? Was it for both males and females? Or was it for private reading. Initially I wanted the project to cater to a rural audience since, women in villages are more susceptable to these occurances and would be absolutely clueless about what should they do. However, after looking through the extent of my project and the viability of resources, I had the following derivations regarding the rural audience: •How woulf they percieve it? Even though I was ambitious about informing body rights to rural women, they might not take it properly, •Since I was born and brouht up in a city I had very little knowledge of rural life. This would all the more increase the chances of miscommunication. •Since this is a solo project, it was not viable for me to travel to villages and learn about their lives to build a project. Therefore I felt targeting an
audience closer to home would help me communicate better and more effectively, with veiwers who could relate to the situations and percieve it in the way it should be. An urban audience however, would have a completely different implication. •Since I am borna nd brought up in an urban atmosphere I would be able to communicate the idea more effectively to an urban audience. •An urban audience would be more open to the topic and more youngsters would be able to relate to the scenario even if they are directly in the problem. •An urban study would be viable for the project and people would also be less hesitant to participate in the surveys. This was my main project Outline: •Helping the woman know: What to do? Whom to ask? Where to go? •Giving a chance of self expression and stress relief. Change the outlook of the society which victimizes women for pregnancy out of wedlock. •Body rights. 9
Research Methods Once the target group was defined, I now tried to figure out the areas of study to help me understand things.
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My research methods included anoynymous surveys where people could vent out their experiences of premarital pregnancy.
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The research was
conducted in several layers and styles. It included the following:
•Survey/Questionnaire
The survey was open and conducted on a variety of people: from the age group of 18 to 65 years, all sexes,having a variety of occupations. It questions mostly on the conceptions of these individuals on premarital pregnancy and wether or not thsy faced it them selves or knew someone close to them who faced it.
Interviewing survivors/ relatives of survivors
Identities not revealed, the survivors of premarital pregnancy, came forward in helping me with the project by sharing their experiences and success stories on how they dealt with it. Although nearly all of went for abortion it gave me 12
an insight into their problems and made me ponder on simpler solutions. “Its simple and easy! A little painful perhaps! Why do people make such a big deal about it?” - Anonymous Survivor
Interviewing ob-gynacs
I wanted to responsibly do the project since it required a lot of medical inputs. It was dealing with the lives of young women hence it was extremely improtant to consult gynaecologists who specialize in this field . The interview would include:Why is it important to seek medical help if you are pregnant? What are the main options fo women who are pregnant? When should they contact for emergency situations? How would they be treated? Etc, Several gynacs dealing w ith different ranges of patients across the country were contacted for the project. This revealed a much more scientific and methodical approach to deal with unwanted pregnancy. Also this was essential that women know what they are doing.
Studying Cultural implications
Reading texts and watching films and videos to understand cross culturals impacts of premarital pregnancy, so that an universal approach can be attained while dealing with the target audience. I watched films like Juno, which were not generally in the Indian context but were also dealing with the problem of unplanned pregnancy, I went through literature like Ernest Hemmingway’s Hills Like White Elephants. I read some Online blogs which spoke on Premarital Pregnancy, collected news articles and magazine exerpts.
Studying previous works done on the topic Case Study across India in cities
Here is a case study which explicitly showed how gruesomely a premarital pregnancy is treated in India. Her name is Mitra. She was 20 years old, in her second year of college. Two weeks earlier, she had found out that she was
pregnant. Mitra had heard of acquaintances and friends undergoing abortions and had researched abortion pills online. Armed with that knowledge, Mitra went to a pharmacy and bought Cytotec, an abortioninducing drug sold for Rs. 32. Misoprostol— the generic name of Cytotec— cannot be legally sold without a doctor’s prescription, but it can be easily bought over the counter, as was done by Mitra. She dutifully followed the instructions to keep the tablets under her tongue for 30 minutes. Mitra started bleeding within two hours. Over the next two days, she missed college due to heavy bleeding and nausea, and later experienced morning sickness. She thought that it was an aftereffect. She couldn’t sleep on her right side as it hurt. A week had now passed. Her friend spoke to some girls in her PG accommodation and suggested the clinic in Nangloi. “I was let off after half an hour in the operation theatre. For the next two hours, I was hallucinating,” she says. A month later, she got a call from a courier company to confirm her address. Within an hour, a police 13
officer with two women constables landed up at her house in Noida. The Nangloi doctor had been arrested a week earlier under the Pre-Conception and Pre- Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act for conducting sex-selective abortions. Mitra’s number was found on the doctor’s phone. Mitra was not allowed to go back to college. Her father didn’t speak to her for a month, till she started experiencing heavy abdominal pain and excessive vaginal bleeding. A proper diagnosis revealed an infection in her fallopian tubes: damage caused by the irresponsible surgical procedure performed by the Nangloi doctor. Mitra will never be able to conceive. She was forced to switch to the school of correspondence courses in Delhi University. She and her younger sister are hardly let out alone. In India, a woman dies every two hours because she’s had an unsafe abortion, according to estimates by Ipas, an international organisation that works with the National Rural Health Mission to reduce maternal deaths due to unsafe abortions. In August, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said data on the number 14
of unsafe abortions in India was unavailable in the Central Health Management and Information System of the National Rural Health Mission. According to government data for 2008-09, however, a total of 11.06 million abortions were recorded that year.
Reading about Govt. Laws on abortion.
Abortion was made legal in India by the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, which was passed by Parliament in 1971 and came into effect in 1972. The Act permits abortion if the doctor believes “in good faith” that “...the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health; or there is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped”. As a result of this focus on maternal health, the onus still lies on the woman to explain or prove how it will harm her physically or mentally. It is almost implied that married women must state contraceptive failure and single women must
state coercion or rape as a reason for pregnancy. Merely stating that it is an unwanted pregnancy is not enough. Then, in 2004, the government endorsed guidelines on the appropriate use of Mifepristone and Misoprostol for selfinduced abortion. However, the government has not yet introduced drugs for abortion in public clinics and hospitals. On the face of it, abortion is legal in India—unlike in a number of Western countries— but women have hardly any control over their reproductive future. What happened with Mitra is an example of how much female sexuality is controlled, moralised, and stigmatised. The MTP Act fails to define terms like “abortion”, “miscarriage”, “termination of pregnancy”, “health”, “substantial risk”, and “seriously handicapped”, making the doctor’s opinion sacrosanct. According to a study by Ipas, 76 per cent of the women who come for first-time abortions are unmarried. Statistics collected by Mumbai’s International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), a public health organisation, show that about 21 per cent of males
and four per cent of females in rural areas admitted to premarital sex against an urban figure of 11 per cent of males and two per cent of females. The IIPS survey sample of 55,000 males and females comes from about 1.7 lakh households in Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. The age range is 15-29. Dr Suchitra Dalvie of Asia Safe Abortion Partnership and Common Health says, “In addition to being seen as ‘immoral’ and ‘heartless’ it makes women feel even worse than they already do about having an unwanted pregnancy. All this turmoil occurs at a time when a woman needs care, support, and reassurance.”
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Survey Results after getting replies from around 200 participants pan India, I began to correlate the instances.
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Very interestingly, people belonging to a particular age group proffession and gender answered almost the same. I was amazed at the uniformity for a topic as personal as premarital pregnancy.
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Correlations:
Age and profession played a very interesting factor in understanding how the topic was percieved and eventually helped me focus and know who should be my target audience.
People replied to my
survey mail, and that too with specific personal details. All personal informations and details are however not revealed and every survey form is kept anonymous as per prior notice. There came a variety of people who responded to this survey: Results are created based on the
Criterions:
Age: 18-25 (young adults) 26-40 (independent adults) 41-55 (Middle aged adults) 56-70 (senior citizens) Sex Male Female Trans
Profession: Student Freelancer Working Retired
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Students or dependent adults were most keen in taking the survey, with a whooping 60%. They mostly complained about not being informed enough and having very conservative families. Independent adults or unmarried working adults knew how to deal with the situation hence, did not panic or feel they could be greatly affected by it. Middle aged individuals, mostly married and family persons had a spectattors view on the subject. They had enough information about it. They commented on the society’s view of these situations
Awareness Trends:
The general conception of Unwanted pregnancy and abortion is very wrong in Indian citizens. Young adults especially
are very unaware of the current conditions of Indian Medical Practices. Whereas independent adults are most aware of these situations and know how to deal with it, Students and dependent adults find it hard to know about how to deal with unwanted pregnancies.
General conception about medical facilities in India: The general conception of medical facilities in India is that it is inept and underdeveloped. It is also considered costly and painful. People feel that they will be judged if they seek help for unwanted pregnancy.
Choice about pregnancy:
Around 85% of the people responded that they would want to abort the foetus in case of
Survey is done on the people inhabiting the red states.
unwanted pregnancy. The other 7% wanted to have the child and remaining 8% wanted to give birth to the child and give it up for adoption. This is related to t he maturity and financial situation of the woman and her partner. Younger adults wanted to abort it, while older adults wanted to carry on the pregnancy even if it was unwanted. It was related to the financial abilty of the person. The good news was that independent women spoke about their choice uninhibitedly. 60% Young adults :: Students 20% Independent adults :: Freelancer 15% Middle aged :: Job/ businessmen 5% Senior Citizens :: Retired
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Doctor’s Interview Why is it important to seek medical help if you are pregnant? A way to create a responsible design.
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“Its not a complcated process at all provided it is done by a professional, in a clean and hygenic environment with some specialized instruments, a matter of 10 minutes!� Dr. Kashmira Chattrapati
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Dr. Kashmira Chatrapatti Obstetrician and Gyanecologist Rajasthan Hospitals, Ahmedabad, Gujarat)
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dealing with Women’s health it became almost necessary to interview gynaecoogists and take their opnions on my work. Because they deal with these problems on a daily basis, they were able to give me greater insight on the subject without any complications. I tried and asked them some basic things that I required for the project. However, they were extremely helpful and told me some important things that I should include. They told me about how pregnancy takes place and uncertaonties of contraception. Kinds of pregnancies and risks. They also informed me about types of abortion and what can be suitable for women. Here are some major things they told me: 22
•8 to 10 cases of unwanted pregnancy in a year. •Mostly from the age group 19 to 26. •2-4 weeks after Navrartri. •Upper Middle Class. •Rs.500 consultation fee. •Inspection and abortion depending on the stage of pregnancy 1st trimester- medical abortion (Rs.20000) 2nd trimester- surgical abortion (Rs.7000 to 10000) 3rd trimester- no abortion by choice •Minor individuals abortion resulting from rape. These patients are more likely to got o illegal abortion clinic. Illegal abortion clinics are unhygenic, fraud and charge a lot. Abortions done even when woman is not pregnant. •Laws rgrding abortion are:
No sex determination Patient must be above 18 for personal consent. Witness is required
Dr. Sebanti Goswami Associate Professor, Calcutta Medical College Obstetrician and Gyanecologist (Medical College, Kolkata, Westbengal) •50 to200 cases of unwanted pregnancy in a year. •Mostly from the age group 13 to 36. •All round year. •Lower Middle Class, BPL. •Zero consultation fee. •Inspection and abortion depending on the stage of pregnancy 1st trimester- medical abortion (Rs.500) 2nd trimester- surgical abortion (Rs.1000 to 2000) 3rd trimester- no abortion by choice •Abotions generally carried out in 2nd trimester, rape cases generally, also normal cases. •Critical situation arise when local medics supply herbs and
unhygenic alternative to abort. •Generally come with mother, sister. •Laws rgrding abortion are: No sex determination Patient must be above 18 for personal consent. Witness is required
Deductions: Abortion above the age of 18 does not require guardian’s presence. Government hospitals offer cheaper abortion price. There are a lot of illegal abortion clinics flourishing for sex selective abortions. Most of these clinics are fraud and can even conduct abortion on non pregnant women for money. Also these clinics are unclean, which can result in bad infections in the uterus. The earlier the abortion the better it is.
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Problem Area Defining the Project statement started to become important at this stage, hence focusing on the problem
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Stress and Suicide attempts The issue is so stigmatized that it results in parents disowning daughters. Hence, one of the most common ways of dealing with this stress is attempting suicide.
Not enough information and assistance to unmarried mothers Sex education is often commanding and strict. Also it is limited to safe sex. Sexual health is often kept only to pre-intercourse stage. However we fail to input the more essential parts of sexual health which includes pregnancy and abortion.
Problem Area Taking medical advances by oneself Many women (young adults) sometimes take things in their own hands, thinking internet is a reliable source for medical understanding. Also these sort of attitude is because of a constant fear of getting exposed or judged by people around.
Abortion Law of India awareness Women are not aware of abortion laws in India hence they opt for self abortion and going to illegal clinics.
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Change
the Outlook of society, which
victimises females for becoming pregnant. To show that it can be taken charge of !
Premarital Pregnancy
What to do? Where to go? Whom to ask?
in young urbanCrowd
Self expression and
Stress Relief
Self Help and Friendly. Something that will help the pregnant woman instead blaming her.
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Bold imageries
for convinience of
understanding
a print manual and online video on immidiate assistance
Awareness of
disccussing women’s rights on this regard
not hurting religeous sentiments
Sexual Health When and How to take charge of situations? No medical emergencies... Knowing how it works. Your choice!
Friendly
for greater acceptability
Cosmopolitan in best relation to the
urban adience, who can be from varied cultures problem solving Explorative & colourful
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Information Progression The research was vast, I had to pick and choose the correct information to provide to the reader which would be beneficial to them as a whole.
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To figure out the progression of the narrative I tried figuring out how the how the woman finds out she is pregnant and how she feels afterwards by placing myself there...
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Progression on
the topic was based on how a woman finds out about her pregnancy and how she chooses to proceed with it. The points below are my script on how the progression takes place, what she might be feeling at that point and how I can essentially support with information relevant to that particular time. Ensuring/confirming: Ensuring: Did you miss your period? Its useless to worry otherwise always check you missed your period. Breast size and sensetivity Fatigue You have a spotting? Bleeding when you are near your periods but much lighter can last for some hours. 30
Nausea, Headache, Mettalic taste, frequent Urination. Confirm: You might be thinking the drugstore is going to judge you for asking a pregnancy test. Don’t worry they never do. Ask for a Pregnancy test kit. It will be Rs.50. Pick up atleast 3 of them. How to use? Most pregnancy test kits contain a dropper and test strip with a manual. Collect your urine in a small container, prefferably your morning urine and dip squeeze the dropper to collect the urine. Spill a few drops on the round area. Most pregnancy test kits like Prega-News and Pregsmiles has two letters C and T near the result panel. If a red line appears on C it is negetive, If two lines appear on Cand T it is positive, only T is invalid. If it is invalid, try getting another after sometimes prefferably when you have not urinated for quite sometime. To confirm your result try getting the result for 3 times. However, do the test only when you have not urinated or washed yourself. in a while. Choice and preferrence: Negetive: Check the safe sex
manual in the endpages! Positive: You can take charge of the situation. Decide if or not you want the pregnancy to continue. Your choice: Keep the foetus, abort the foetus. Legal: In India abortion is legal for everybody. You can get an abortion without your parent’s consent if your are above 18. However your might need someone to go with you. Process: Abortion can be done till 20 weeks of pregnancy. Visit your Gynac SHe will explain to you the suitable method. Pregnancy Timeline: Abortion Types: !st trimester: Medical abortion and Vacuum aspiration 2nd trimester:Vacuum aspiration, dialation and curettage. Which abortion is suitable for which time, which one is th best, cost of each abotion, side effects, normal symtoms, when to contact the doctor or ask for immidiate medical attention.
Post abortion care: Follow up for USG as directed by directed by your gynac. Take all medication as prescribed. consider counselling if dealing with post abortion depression. no use of tampons or menstrual cups or tampons No sex for the next 1 month. Safe sex: Condoms : most effective if used properly, get the right size to suit your partner. female Condoms: you can put it inside your vagina. Oral Contraceptive IUD ECP Ring Pull out. Etc.
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Result Negetive Good to go or
explore the further possibilities.
Positive Inform about the following option of wether to keep the child or not.
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Confirmation
of symptoms and usage of pregnancy test
Exploring options For
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Concept map
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pregnancy This booklet will deal with tips on what to do and what to expevt when you continue a pregnancy, especially as an unwed mother in India. It will also deal with When to consult a doctor, and speak on delivery types and methods.
abortion or continuation of pregnancy
Detailed Timeline of pregnancy
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Based on this the woman can further decide on her choice. The timeline would show the maximum timelimit for abortion, etc.
7 Safe sex, Legal Info. across India in cities
Abortion
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Depending on the woman’s choice she will pick out a booklet from the manual which would guide he with her choice. In this case all matters related to abortion will be dissussed. Like
•Timeline •Abortion types •What to expect •When to consult •Post abortion care •Gynac Tells.
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Narrative Progression The research was vast, I had to pick and choose the correct information to provide to the reader which would be beneficial to them as a whole.
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To narrate the story I explored not only the information but also how is it unravelled. Also the matter is very progression specific.
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Progression Planning •Unveiling •Engaging •Friendly •Stress Relief •Problem Solving •Responsible •The Health guide was planned in a way which would engage the
reader in understanding what she would next. •The reposibility of guiding the reader is also kept in mind, hence problems that might be experienced in each stage is highlighted and if the reader faces those problems she is instructed to seek medical assistance. •Preferrence is given attention to and the reader is given ample space to decide and choose. •The reading was planned in a non conventional manner to engage the reader and offer the solution in a step by step way, but at the same time not being imposing. The images on the right and below are digital render of the progression plans.
Blank digital prototype
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Structure
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Plan View and measurements
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Character Design Making of the narrator and other charecters. Starting off with pencil on paper to digitized simple drawings.
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A friend, somebody who understands, and knows how to help. Offering solutions not shouting orders at you.
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Charecters are
more eloquent than words. Especially as my project is a graphic guide. This project is for a pan indian use. Hence I designed the charecters keeping the target group in mind. As the main readers will be college going girls I tried making the charecters, Indian girls of an age group of 20-25. Since skin colour is also an area to discriminate girls, I tried keeping charecters of all colours.
Character Bible:
The narrator is a east Indian, brown girl, known as Kiki, she is 20 years old, and comes from a middle class family. She is friendly and warm, a bit introverted, she likes helping people. She has a group of very close friends with whom she can discuss everything. She likes to wear tshirt and pants. She maintains her short
bob hair. She might seem a bit tomboyish, but sometimes she likes to dress up. Kiki, is a gynaec to be and is a hardcore feminist at heart. She is in a relationship for the past 3 years. As a medical student Kiki encountered young girls, seeking medical help during pregnancy. Most of the time the girls are unmarried. The girls are clueless and sometimes come in later stages of pregnancy to abort. Therefore Kiki decides to inform young adults about their sexual rights and responsibilities. I tried keeping everything as minimal as possible because inticracies would diver the attention form the information. The other charecters are the pregnant ladies, who show different symptoms and help Kiki communicate better. These charecters are of different ethnicity and have different eye shapes and skin colour. The basic part is the face shape and hair colour. The colour of the clothes are matched with the colour of the background. After some hand drawn character designs, I digitized the charecters. 41
Some digitized drawing of the character in different postures showing her height body measurements and structure.
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Other Charecters
Some digitized drawing of the charecters which help Kiki communicate the things better. Thecharecters are based on types of people in India.
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Prototyping The final prototype is still in making which will be available in multiple Indian Languages here is the test prototype in English.
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I tries making it small travel sized and discreet. Something that women can carry home and keep in her nightstand.
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The final outcome is a
booklet with a unique opening mechanism that reveals information progressively like a narrative. I tried to not keep the narrative limited to the graphics but also in the unraveling of information by structurally opening each part. Inside he booklet is a smaller concise book on abortion and pregnancy depending upon the viewers choice the viewer can pull out the books and read them. The outer booklet contains information regarding: Page 1: Symptoms of pregnancy Confirming a pregnancy How to use a test kit Page2: Negetive result Positive result Page3: Choice of continuing Choice of abortiong pregnancy 46
Page4:Pregnancy Timeline Page5, Page6: Safe Sex. These were some main topics in these pages, other than that little informations are there to help the viewer in each stage. Also each page is colour coded in a way to differentiate from the other pages. Pastel colours are used so that the viewer remains calm and patient and takes decisions rationally. The health guide can be distributed in gynaecological centres in urban areas. It can also be distributed to young adults in collages and universities to create awareness about body rights and pregnancy. The next page shows the size of the health guide and its usage. The following page would reveal the content more accurately as they are the final layouts of the health guide. [Each page shows 2 layouts consecutively, read the booklet in order to understand the information, the size of the booklet is kept small to reduce production cost and increase its mobility].
Main booklet
Containg 6 pages, 1 cover and 1 back page.
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Sneak peeks into the abortion book Here are some of the layouts from the abortion booklet
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