Category: Gender
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Domestic Violence against Women: The Indian Scenario
By Sanya Darakhshan Kishwar, Central University of Bihar, Gaya. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — WHAT THE TERM ACTUALLY MEANS “Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviours used by one person in a relationship to control the other. partners may be married or not married ;heterosexual, gay or lesbian; living together or separated or dating.” [i]
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Women in Rural India: Prospects and Challenges
By Deepali Bagla, Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai. India is a country of villages as the majority of its population lives in villages and far-flung remote areas. The interesting aspect is that every region of the country though connected with the cities now; however, still possesses its own peculiar traditional ethos. Also most of the…
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NALSA v UoI: Critical Analysis
The Supreme Court of India passed a landmark judgment on Transgender rights in April, this year. The Judgment was a long due acknowledgment of the rights of the Transgender in the nation. This judgment plays an essential role in the furtherance of the cause of Transgender and will help in removal of the stigma attached to…
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Uniform Civil Code: Towards Gender Justice
By Dishari Chakrabarti, School of Law, KIIT University. Politics of our nation has become so ingrained in pacification with specific sections of the society that our fundamental right of free speech and expression cannot be protected by the State. As a consequence of this appeasement the level of tolerance has reduced and which resulted in complete disregard…
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LGBT Rights in India
By Nikhil Nair, VIPS, New Delhi. LGBT is a common term used to describe people who are Lesbians, Gay, Bisexuals and Transgender. The ambit of LGBT also sometimes widens up to include non-heterosexuals. A large population in India is homophobic. Being a part of the LGBT community is considered to be a sin for them.…