Q11. What is Maternity Benefit? Maternity Benefit is a payment made to women who are on maternity leave from work. Every woman shall be entitled to, and her employer shall be liable for, the payment of maternity benefit, which is the amount payable to her at the rate of the average daily wage for the period […]
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Q1. Write a short note on Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act On the basis of the Shantilal Committee report submitted in December 1966, a medical termination bill was introduced in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and was passed by the parliament in 1971. This Act is applicable to the whole of India. This Act […]
The United Nations defined the term “violence against women” in a 1993 Declaration as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life”. […]
Atrocities against women are common everywhere. Nowadays many women are working in different places of work. There are chances of sexual harassment at the workplace. Sexual harassment of women at a workplace is considered a violation of women’s right to equality, life, and liberty. It creates an insecure and hostile work environment, which discourages women’s […]
In this article, we shall study one important social legislation enacted for saving girl childs, namely, the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, (PCPNDT Act) 1994. Female Foeticide: Female foeticide is the procedure of abortion to terminate a female foetus from the womb of the mother before taking birth after the […]
Abortion is a medical procedure to end a pregnancy. It uses medicine or surgery to remove the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterus. The procedure is done by a licensed health care professional. Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code provides a penal provision for the illegal and unlawful termination of pregnancy. This […]
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The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women. Within the framework of a democratic polity, our laws, development policies, […]
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Women’s Empowerment (Article 15)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 affirms the ideal of equal rights of men and women. The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 observes that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity. Similarly, social justice is the keystone of […]
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Women Empowerment (Article 14)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 affirms the ideal of equal rights of men and women. The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 observes that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity. Similarly, social justice is the keystone of […]
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Cruelty and Domestic Violence
Law > Social Laws > Laws Related to Women and Children > Domestic Violence Crimes against women have been committed since antiquity. Domestic violence is one of them and is a serious problem around the world. For centuries, domestic violence has been perceived as a part of the normative structure in patriarchal societies. Women have […]