It’s Time to Ban Female Genital Mutilation in India: Here’s Why
By Prerna Murarka, fourth-year law student, ILS Law College, Pune.
Maternal Mortality in India
Digvijay Singh Editor’s Note: In developing countries like India, maternal mortality ratio is still very high. Different socio demographic factors are responsible beside the medical
Man: A Legally Disabled Race
By Pranav Gupta, Symbiosis Editor’s Note: The author believes that some of the present laws in India discriminate against men. More specifically, the author discusses Section
Behind the Guise of ‘Guru’: Sexual Harassment Against Students
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: Gurus, or teachers have always been thought of as the most noble, most selfless beings. They have always been thought of
Female foeticide
By Gayatri Loomba The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata Editor’s note: Female foeticide is the gory practise of sex-selective abortion, which renders
Unionisation of sex workers in India
By Tarunya Shankar Editor’s note: India recently decriminalized prostitution, making the profession legal but retaining brothel ownership as illegal. This afforded protection to women from
Regulation of prostitution in California
Tarunya Shankar Editor’s note: Prostitution and all activities related to it including solicitation, offering, and so on, have been deemed criminal offences by the State
Interest of Hindu Women in Coparcenary Property under Hindu Succession Act, 2005
By Deepali Kumar, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi “Editor’s Note: India has been a patriarchal society where women have been unfairly discriminated against. This was reflected
Sex Selective Abortions
By Harpreet Kaur, UILS, Chandigarh “Editor’s Note: This paper analyses in detail sex selective abortions in India. It describes the crisis with reference to the
Gender Justice: A Myth?
By Neha Sharma, NLU Jodhpur “Editor’s Note: The society may have advanced, but the condition of women in our country fails to improve. Even today,
Reproductive Rights: Unpractised Theory
By Soumya Singh Chauhan, UILS, Chandigarh “Editor’s Note: This paper deals with the issue of reproductive rights of women, an issue that remains a distant dream.
Current Scenario and the Third Gender
By Srikanth Bhaskar & Swetha Vadarevu, GNLU Editor’s Note: The terms third gender or third sex are used to describe individuals who are neither male
UNMDP Program and the Third Gender
By Sudhanshu Jatav, GNLU Editor’s Note: This paper discusses the role played by the United Nations Millenium Development Goals (MDP) Programme in the development of the
Case Studies, Statistics and Survey on Hijras
By Swati Bisen, GNLU Editor’s Note: In light of the twentieth century, this paper deals with the current scenario of hijras in India and urges
Family, Marriage and Kinship
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: Notes on Family, Marriage and Kinship. FAMILY IN INDIA – a domestic group, consisting of adults and children, may contain one or
Scheduled Tribes
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: Notes on Scheduled Tribes Varied in terms of their socio-economic and political development Change – complete, in transition, resistance to change –
Economics and Third Gender
By Sukanya Mishra, GNLU Editor’s Note: This paper deals with the discrimination faced by transgenders in terms of job opportunities. The main reason for such widespread discrimination
Third Gender Rights and Legislations across the World
By Sunit Kumar Mondal, GNLU Editor’s Note: This paper discusses the third gender rights and the various legislations across the World. It covers Nepal, New Zealand
The Third Gender and Spirituality
By Tanima Narang, GNLU Editor’s Note: In the Indian subcontinent, e.g., the Hijras are believed by many to have extraordinary powers, through which they can bless
