The group is protesting ‘anti-male policies’ and ‘women-centric gender-biased laws’ that they say are leaving men vulnerable. However, their claims don’t stack up against the reality of women’s lives in India, Shahana Yasmin reports
A Woman's Place tells the intimate stories of women from three countries - India, South Africa and the USA - who are fighting to balance the scales of power so that "a man's world" is also a woman's place. Advocates for women's rights have frequently turned to LAW in their efforts to accord women equality. But are new laws enough to change old ways? A Woman's Place explores this question through three separate stories that share one common link - patriarchal control and women's efforts to dislodge it. In a new, post-apartheid South Africa TandaswaNdita, a judge works with traditional village courts so women can inherit property as per the new Constitution. In Duluth Minnesota, Mary Asmus, a prosecutor works with community groups to prosecute domestic abuse cases, in a way that won't render victims more vulnerable. In India two women, Veena who had an arranged marriage and Seema, who married for love both find themselves at the same juncture,
Proposals for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) have been a contentious issue in India for decades, as it involves the sensitive question of the relationship between religion and state.
Uttarakhand Cabinet has passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill during a meeting held at Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's residence in Dehradun. The bill will now be tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly on February 6 (Tuesday).