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Top 11  Fundamental Rights to Uplift the Status of Women The Articles under Part III of the constitution of India, relating to the Fundamental Rights which try to improve the status of women and provide equal opportunities for them are stated as follows: 1. Article 14           According to Article 14 of the Constitution of India - All individuals, including women are equal in the eyes of the law and they are also entitled to enjoy equal protection of laws within the territorial jurisdiction of India. It signifies that all persons irrespective of gender, should be treated equally in similar circumstances. The State should not make any discrimination between one person and another, and the law should be administered equally. 2. Article 15            Article 15 of the Constitution of India deals with prohibition against discrimination - It prohibits the state to make any types of discrimination against any citizen includin...

Empowerment of Women           Empowerment in the present existence has become one of the most comprehensively used terms that indicates progress and development of women. Women’s groups, non-governmental development organizations, activists, politicians, governments and international agencies refer to empowerment as one of their main objectives. Empowerment leads to generation of awareness and understanding amongst women regarding programs, schemes, measures, strategies, policies, and rules. It is considered as a project, which normally individuals undergo, which eventually leads to changes and transformations. Empowerment is referred to as a process to change the distribution of power, both in interpersonal relations and in institutions throughout the society. Another meaning signifies, the process of acquiring, providing, bestowing the resources and the means or enabling access to a control over such means and resources. Given the above, the term is the...

               Female Foeticide and Female Infanticide – Female foeticide is referred to the killing of the girl child, before she is born and female infanticide is killing of the girl child, after she is born. These practices, deny the basic right from the girl child, i.e. the right to live. There have been communities of individuals, who have a strong preference for the male children. They possessed this viewpoint that families with male children were seen with pride, when they have control over the larger part of land. They regarded females as liabilities, who would not generate any wealth for their families.             Education – Education is regarded as one of the most imperative aspects that would lead to empowerment of women. The right to education under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution have made it obligatory for the government to provide free education to all the indivi...

The areas that violate the rights of women in India have been stated as follows:             Missing of Women and Girls – In many developing countries, the idiom of “missing women” has been used, when it was found, the proportion of women as compared to men is low in population. In many states of India, women and girls go missing. One of the primary reasons that lead to their missing is trafficking. When girls are trafficked, they are severely exploited and are deprived of food and other basic necessities. The girls belonging to the poverty-stricken families are sold by the brokers to men in northern India, where the problem of imbalanced gender ratio is much apparent. Besides, there have been cases of women, who go missing from their marital homes. The occurrence of violent and criminal acts against women within the house and outside, primarily lead to their absence.           ...

          Achieving equality between women and men and eliminating all forms of discrimination against women are fundamental human rights and United Nations values. Women all over the world, however, commonly experience violations of their human rights throughout their lives, and human rights of women has not always been a priority. Achieving equality between women and men requires a comprehensive understanding of the ways in which women experience discrimination and are deprived of equality so as to develop appropriate strategies and norms to eliminate such discrimination. Some groups of women experience additional forms of discrimination, based on their age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, health status, marital status, education, disability and socio-economic status. These interconnecting forms of discrimination must be taken into account when formulating measures and responses to combat discrimination against women (Women’s Rights are Human Rights, 20...

          India has adopted the guiding principles of international law and has brought forth within its Constitution, the fundamental rights and duties governing society. It has adopted a twofold structure of fundamental rights of citizens in general and women in specific.                     The Constitution under Article 15(3) provides for affirmative action in their favour. The right to life placed under Article 21 of the Constitution, constitutes a superstructure meant to protect, directly or indirectly any negation of the right to life. Few other constitutional provisions are: Special Rights For Women: Equality before law for women (Article 14). The State not to discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them (Article 15(1)).  Equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any of...

Remedies for the harassment of a woman at work place: The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) can decide to punish your harasser in multitudinous ways, such as:   Transfer him to another office Withhold his raise/promotion Deduct his salary Pay monetary compensation to you Terminate his job            Under the law, all workplaces with more than 10 employees are mandated to set up an Internal Complaints Committee and conduct sexual harassment trainings to sensitize the employees on workplace sexual harassment. The law guarantees protection to all women to live life with dignity and free from any form of harassment. Remedies for harassment of a woman at public place: Create diverse, inclusive, and respectful environments. Address the most common form of sexual harassment: gender harassment. Move beyond legal compliance to address culture and climate. Improve transparency and accountability. Diffuse the hierarchical and dependent rela...