Home Ministry s criminal law reform seeks to stifle dissent, undermine gender violence
Counterview Desk
In a detailed note to mark the International Women’s Day and the Savitri Bai Phule’s Death Anniversary as part of the Feminist Week of Resistance and Reflections (March 7 to March 14), the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), commenting on the gendered access to justice and law, has said that recent Government of India changes in legal frameworks, whether intended or already brought into existence, have been “unmindful” of the lived realities of marginalised sections.
Over and above this, says India’s top civil rights network, the existing systems of access to justice and law for are not only is denies justice to Dalit, Bahujan, Vimukta (or Nomadic and De-notified Tribes - NT-DNT) communities, of Adivasi and indigenous peoples, the survivors and victims of various types of violence are themselves “criminalized” on grounds of gender and sexualit
Disha Ravi is a graduate in Bachelor of Business Administration from a private college in Bengaluru and is an alumni of Mount Carmel School. The 21-year-old climate activist was instrumental in setting up the Indian chapter of Fridays for Future - the global movement for climate justice founded by Greta Thunberg, an 18-year old climate activist from Sweden. She is actively involved in environmental issues across India. She has appeared in media reports across the world, including ‘The Guardian’ and ‘Vogue’, for her campaigns. Her motivation to become a climate activist came from watching her grandparents, who are farmers and struggle with the effects of climate change, she told Auto Report Africa last year.