Category: Gender
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LQF’s Working Document on Penal Laws’ Reform in India
At LQF, we strive to aid all government efforts to enable better laws in India. We have tirelessly engaged with varied relevant stakeholders to be able to endorse comprehensive and constitutionally sound legal reforms in the country. We stand for the constitutional ethos and believe in the emancipatory power of law to drive social change.…
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Safety Concerns for Women in light of Delhi’s latest Excise Policy
Have you heard about Delhi’s New Excise Policy? Delhi’s Excise Policy for the Year 2021-22 can be accessed here. For your context: The prime function of the Excise Department is to regulate, control and monitor possession, import, export, transport, sale and consumption of liquor and other intoxicants. The power of the State to control and…
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Gender Samvaad, 2021: A Step Towards Equity and Equality
Beena Paul, a trained mason and a part of the construction industry in Kerala and also the president of the Self Help Group [SHG] that undertakes construction work in the city of Ernakulam which includes renovating parking areas, construction of houses in the panchayat, and many other important construction activities, finds herself grateful to NRLM…
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Gender Studies in School Education: Redefining the Policy Approach
The sorting of bodies into binary categories has been used for labor division and for identifying key differences in personality traits over the past centuries most of which has led to adverse consequences for gender identities. Gender studies, therefore, as an academic discipline aims to demystify these categories and introduces fluidity as an important aspect…
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The Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the ‘New Normal’: Impact of COVID-19
Sexual harassment at the workplace causes severe physical and emotional damage. Such damage leads to reduced productivity and a negative impact on the lives and livelihoods of the victims. The problem is compounded by long-held socio-cultural beliefs that tend to place the responsibility on the victim, thereby appending to existing inequalities in the workplace and…
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Need for Effective and Inclusive Menstrual Hygiene Management Policy in the NCT of Delhi
Information about the Issue Poor menstrual hygiene rooted in persisting taboos and stigma, restricted access to hygienic menstrual products and penurious sanitation infrastructure undermines the educational opportunities, health and the overall social status of women and girls. This is when WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) facilities for women remain poor, making the basic right of…
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Women in the Informal Sector: A Saga of Constraints and Vulnerabilities
The advent of globalization and marketization has resulted in an emergent trend towards the ‘informalisation’ of the labor market. Policymakers have identified the income-generation potential and the significance of the informal sector as a source of jobs in adverse economic crises. However, the phenomena of globalization and the work sphere cannot be disassociated from their…
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Rehabilitation of Women and Girls during the Pandemic
Information about the issue: On 31st August 2020, an SC order sought to clear the slums around railway tracks in Delhi within three months, without any policy for rehabilitation. As concerns were being raised on the procedure to be followed in this regard, in another order dated 14th September, 2020, the Court instructed the authorities…
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The Policy Dialogue: Menstrual Health Management Policies in India
We are organizing an online policy awareness and deliberation session on the subject of Menstrual Health Management Policies in India. Date: 5th September 2020 Timings: 7:00 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom India’s leading online food delivery service company, Zomato, recently announced a formal period leave policy for all its female employees, which has…
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The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020: A Progressive Starting Point with Enough Room for Change
By Anushka Gutte, Research Associate, Policy On March 17, 2020 the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha through a voice vote. The Bill seeks to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 by primarily proposing four changes. The Bill comes at a time when unsafe abortion is the…