-The Telegraph The country's apex child rights body has acknowledged that the laws on children are contradictory and initiated the process of a review. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has decided to set up a three-member working group to harmonise the laws and remove conflicting provisions. "The commission has observed that there are many gaps and discrepancies in various laws concerning the rights of children. The commission is, therefore,...
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‘Marital and other rapes grossly under-reported’ -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Just 2.3 per cent of rape was by men other than the husba Husbands commit a majority of acts of sexual violence in India, and just one per cent of marital rapes and six per cent of rapes by men other than husbands are reported to the police, new estimates show. In keeping with the widely held belief among women's rights activists in India that sexual violence is grossly under-reported, social...
More »How Women Pay the Price for Population Control -Ruhi Kandhari
-Tehelka Despite the serious toll it takes on women's health, female sterilisation remains the most prevalent form of contraception in India. While memories of the 21 months of Emergency in 1975-77, imposed by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi, survives even today in the minds of Indian men as the fear of forced sterilisation, the country's population control policies have shifted over the years since then to target the politically less...
More »UN Human Rights Council votes to support LGBT rights, India abstains from voting
-DNA The UN Human Rights Council ( UNHRC) voted on Friday to pass a resolution supporting LGBT rights around the world, condemning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. India abstained from voting on the resolution. The Human Rights Council resolution-led by Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay-followed a resolution in 2011 on the same topic led by South Africa and asks the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights...
More »Bringing migrants back home -Pramathesh Ambasta
-The Hindu The Odisha government has made the right announcements to improve the plight of migrant workers, but a lot more needs to be done In December 2013, a labourer chopped off the palms of two migrant workers from western Odisha. He had paid them an advance for working in the brick kilns of Hyderabad and did not take kindly to their arguing with him about the payment and place of work....
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