Top Law News Law often ineffective against gender discrimination November 15, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Laws to check gender discrimination and son-preference are often ineffective, and in many cases, may advance discriminatory practices against women, a study released here Thursday said. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) study, “Laws and son preference in India”, authored by advocate Kirti Singh, recommends a new, anti-discriminatory legal framework to guide laws and policies […] Read more » "Laws and son preference in India child marriage Gender discrimination including dowry inheritance Law against gender discrimination Law ineffective against gender discrimination Law often ineffective against gender discrimination laws relating to women Sex selection Sexual assault
Top Law News Haryana rapes reflect skewed sex ratio: Child rights panel October 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The spate of rapes in Haryana is a reflection of the adverse sex ratio in the state as well as the way the female sex is treated in society, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said Tuesday and demanded severe punishment for the rapists. “Gender discrimination and caste discrimination is reflected in […] Read more » caste discrimination demanded severe punishment for the rapists Gandhi demanded the "severest punishment" for the rapists Gandhi visited the family of a teenaged Dalit girl in Jind Gender discrimination Haryana is a reflection of the adverse sex ratio Haryana rapes reflect skewed sex ratio: Child rights panel National Commission for Protection of Child Rights PGIMS at Rohtak Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences severe punishment for the rapists Shanta Sinha NCPCR chairperson Sinha spoke as Congress chief Sonia Gandhi