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| Review of Laws for Women's Rights in Family and Society |
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| Laws Against Domestic Violence |
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| Underused or Abused? |
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Author(s) : Madhu Kishwar
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| The birth of MANUSHI in 1978 coincided with the unfortunate rise in reported cases of domestic violence and murder. Some of these appeared to be linked to dowry demands. When we organised one of our first demonstrations, in early 1979, to protest against the police gang up with the murderer’s family by registerin... |
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| Well Intentioned but Over Ambitious |
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| A Review of the New Domestic Violence Act |
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Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
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| The new Domestic Violence Act (DVA) has made some significant improvements over the existing laws but it is not as if prior to this Act civil laws did not exist to protect women’s rights in the family. Astute and determined lawyers have successfully pleaded and got adequate relief for their female clients under t... |
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| Destined to Fail |
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| Inherent Flaws in the Anti Dowry Legislation |
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Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
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| Even though MANUSHI played a leading role in bringing national attention to domestic violence and the role dowry has come to play in making women’s lives vulnerable, after nearly 28 years of experience with these issues, I have come to the firm conclusion that the terms “dowry death” and “dowry ... |
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| Deadly Laws and Zealous Reformers |
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| The Conflicting Interpretations and Politics of Sati |
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Author(s) : Madhu Kishwar
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| IN large parts of the world people are busy making preparations to celebrate the end of the second millennium and the beginning of the third. This millennium has not been a particularly happy one for India. Throughout the past thousand years, this subcontinent witnessed a series of invasions with certain regions experi... |
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| When Daughters Are Unwanted |
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| Sex Determination Tests in India |
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Author(s) : Madhu Kishwar
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| TECHNOLOGIES like amniocentesis and ultrasound, used in most parts of the world largely for detecting foetal abnormalities, are used in large parts of the Indian subcontinent for determining the sex of the foetus so that the mother can have an abortion if the foetus in the womb happens to be a female. The rapid spread ... |
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