What is the need of ratifying a Uniform Civil Code (UCC)? One of the answers may be - to be able to create a society which is led by the values of equality, dignity, and freedom of individuals.A UCC essentially means a common set of laws, which .
The Ahmedabad police on Friday detained over 50 volunteers from several organisations and concerned citizens for demonstrating a protest against the remission of 11 persons , who were convicted for murder of 14 persons and gang-rape of Bilkis Bano during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The police said that the protesters didn't have permission for the gathering.
Bucking Convention: How Indian courts have internalized CEDAW
Bucking Convention: How Indian courts have internalized CEDAW
May 28, 2021
Sarita Skagnes was born in a small village in Northern India as the third daughter in her family. Based on the perceived lack of honor and value that she brought to her family due to her gender, Skagnes’s parents exchanged her for a male cousin and left her to live with her aunt. Skagnes’s story, while appalling in its own right, is a common one for women and girls in India. In fact, a 2018 Thomson Reuters study deemed India the “most dangerous country for women” based on sexual violence, economic opportunity, and cultural attitudes that devalue female life.