Gender equality: rights and development in India

[...]it highlights discrimination, violence, atrocities and crime against women in India also. [...]as India is being a signatory of globally accepted challenges it is necessary to examine its efficiency towards 'to respect, to protect and to fulfill gender equality through affirmative action t...

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Published inVidhigya : the journal of legal awareness Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 38 - 45
Main Author Gupta, Vaishali
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Delhi Integrated School of Law Ghaziabad 01.01.2014
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Subjects
Charters
Covenants
Equal rights
Equality
Females
Gender equity
Human rights
Sex discrimination
Sexes
Society
Violence
Women
India
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Summary:[...]it highlights discrimination, violence, atrocities and crime against women in India also. [...]as India is being a signatory of globally accepted challenges it is necessary to examine its efficiency towards 'to respect, to protect and to fulfill gender equality through affirmative action taken by its legislative, executive and judiciary. The essence of article 2 of ICESCR is also included in the ICCPR article 2. [...]the nondiscrimination clauses are generally not exhaustive and may also prohibit distinctions not explicitly mentioned in the respective clauses.6 Article 3 of both covenants obliges state parties to 'ensure the equal rights of men and women to the enjoyment of all... ...rights set forth in the present covenant.'
ISSN:0973-3825
0974-4533