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Misogyny & Faith: Extreme narratives curtailing the autonomy of women
Both with the majority community and even among minorities, recent online campaigns, women who have exercised autonomy have become a particular target; normal, mixed social interactions, modes of dress, and inter-faith interaction are made to appear as breaches of community standards. The CJP Team has noted and analysed these tendencies that have also become aggressive and violent against minority Muslim women. Apart from all else, these actions that are clearly supported by a collective and organised group constitute a clear violation of fundamental rights as enshrined in Articles 14, 15, 19(1)(a), and 21 of the Constitution
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Being a Muslim in India 2023 | Ghazala Wahab | Teesta Setalvad
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CJP secretary Teesta Setalvad in conversation with Author, Journalist...
Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan under the Taliban
Under Taliban rule, women's rights have been systematically suppressed, suffocating every aspect of their lives.
Dalit academic alleges assault, molestation; FIR names 2 faculty, 2 students: BHU
The complainant is a senior faculty member, reportedly alleged that the accused, including the two colleagues from her department, “regularly talked about stripping her and making her do rounds of the university”.
Unravelling India’s Legal Evolution: LGBTQIA+ Rights and the Supreme Court Handbook
Analysing key judgments and the SC handbook's role in shaping equality and inclusion
Brutal rape and murder of tribal child in MP receives no headlines
A tribal teenager, aged 17, was murdered for allegedly refusing the sexual advances of a dominant caste man in the BJP-ruled state, Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district.
Undressing the chronicle of shame, stripping women and men of dignity
The record, prototypes & politics behind incidents of stripping & creasing the essence of human dignity.
SC: “Right of every woman to make reproductive choices without undue interference from the state is central to the idea of human dignity”
Rape Survivor allowed termination of pregnancy by Supreme Court; apex court expresses dismay over denial of relief by the Gujarat HC, states forcing a woman to have a child conceived as a result of rape is against the constitutional philosophy set in India
In a special hearing, SC bench hears petition on termination of pregnancy, expresses dismay over lackadaisical approach of Gujarat HC
Criticising giving a date for hearing after 12 days, Justice BV Nagarathna stated "How can the court stand it over to August 23? How many valuable days would have been lost by then!"
Has situation of women changed from historic Draupadi to Draupadi of democratic India?
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Will a “Uniform Civil Code” abolish the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and coparcenary rights over ancestral property for Hindu males?
While several aspects of personal laws across the board for all women –Hindu, Muslim and Christian—do require gender just revisions—the current hype around the “Uniform Civil Code: has been silent on whether the privileged and partisan financial privilege of the HUF will be done away with as also the coparcenary rights over ancestral property for Hindu males
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