In India, women’s movements have been an endeavour to comprehend, identify, and preserve their identity. Women are present in all movements, and their participation can be seen in movements relating to rights and difficulties in general socio-economic concerns, as well as issues common to all women pertaining to family and law.There have been three waves…
The field of law is manifesting itself through diverse ways on the international front, thus impacting all humans in some way or the other. Since the last World War, the world has been focusing on health, education, environment, animal rights, human rights, minority rights, etc. It has recognized numerous issues and countries are trying to…
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According to the United Nations, violence can be defined as “behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something”. Violence against women can be defined as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of…
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 gave women a right to safe and legal abortion. In 2021, the amended act was put forth and passed including unmarried women being allowed to seek safe abortion services on grounds of contraceptive failure, increase in gestation limit to 24 weeks for special categories of women, and…
INTRODUCTION Women in ancient India were held in high esteem. In the early Vedic age, girls were looked after with care. They were given the facilities of education. Remarriage of widows were permitted. But in the later Vedic period daughters were regarded as a source of misery. The practice of polygamy deteriorated the status of…
“ There is really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced or the preferably unheard” – Arundhati Roy Yes, women have brains as that of men, yes women have hands as that of men. So when a men can think and imply so can a women. But still the voices…
“Female Genital Mutilation” (FGM) is a term that is currently being used by UN agencies, including the WHO. The WHO defines it as “Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all the procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injuries to the female genital organs for non – medical reasons.”…
Conflicts and situations of instability exacerbate pre-existing patterns of discrimination against women and girls, exposing them to heightened risks of violations of their human rights. Conflict can result in higher levels of gender-based violence against women and girls, including arbitrary killings, torture, sexual violence, and forced marriage. Women and girls are primarily and increasingly targeted by the…
When most people think of sexual harassment, they think of a guy grabbing a girl. However, sexual harassment can be something as “insignificant” as being called a slur. It is anything that makes a girl, or boy, feel uncomfortable about his/her sexuality. According to the law, sexual harassment is anything from unwelcome sexual advances…
