India stands as the largest democracy around the globe populated by 1.3 billion people. This democracy has outlawed human trafficking constitutionally and has manifested the fundamental right of being free from exploitation for every person. On the 9th day of January 1953, India had endorsed to the trafficking convention and was prompted to the “Convention…
Dowry is an act of demanding or giving some valuable assets or money by the bride to the groom usually. It is a social evil. Taking or demanding and giving or announcing dowry is an offence. In olden days bride’s family was forced to pay certain sums to the family of groom under the pretence…
Acid attacks are barbaric acts of violence in which powerful acid is thrown at (nearly invariably) a young woman’s face or body as a form of ‘vengeance’ by young man/men. On the deserted lanes of a huge metropolis, you are not safe as a woman. In your neighborhood’s busy market, you feel sifted through. In…
The problem of old age is recognized as one of the most pressing issues of the current scenario. Given the significant jump in the elderly population in the coming years, in what is being called as the “Grey Tsunami”, our preparedness as a country is inadequate to say the least. Based on the World Health Organization…
Sexual offences and the Indian Criminal Law: Sexual offences can be classified into four categories as rape, molestation, forced prostitution, female genital mutilations, etc. In regard with the sections i.e. section 294, 354, 354A, 354B, 354C, 354D, 375, 376, 376A, 376B, 376C, 376D. However, according to the Criminal Law, the changing control of Sexual crimes,…
WHAT IS SECTION 498A OF THE INDIAN PENAL CODE,1860 Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) deals with the violence done on women after her marriage by her husband or her in-laws or any relative of the husband. It prescribes punishment for 3 years and a fine. It gave a new definition to cruelty.…
Background Violence against women is now widely recognized as a serious human right abuse, and an important public health problem with substantial consequences physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health. Data on systematic review of domestic violence are needed to support policy and program recommendations. Therefore, the overall purpose of this systematic review was to assess…
Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood Mahatma Gandhi Introduction In India, dowry has its roots in medieval times when a gift in cash or kind was given to a bride by her family to maintain her independence after marriage. During the colonial…
As we are aware of the world is suffering from crises recently in the form of pandemics for which the government has taken many safety precautions in which one of the major is a lockdown. The tagline “STAY HOME STAY SAFE” has become popular during this period of time but does the people’s is really…
Women have been a subject of violence since a long and without even realizing every single one of us have heard, witnessed and ignored those painful stories. One in three women worldwide suffers physical or sexual abuse from an intimate partner. Prior to the epidemic of 243 million women and girls, 15-49 years old faced…
