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Civil Society as the Guardian of Women’s Human Rights in India

In: Building Sustainable Communities

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  • Bharti Chhibber

    (University of Delhi)

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The chapter reflects on the role of civil society in women’s struggle for equality in the post-colonial India. The chapter argues that even after seven decades of independence, women human rights are violated both in public and private sphere. After independence women’s grassroots movements with additional emphasis on economic and social rights of women came to forefront. This was followed by campaign against specific evils like dowry deaths, rape and sex-selective abortions ultimately forcing the governments to act. We have a robust legal system to ensure protection of women’s rights including Dowry Prohibition Act and (anti) Sati Act and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. However, their proper implementation is the call of the hour. Further, laws act only as a code of conduct to be followed, and they require public initiatives to bring about a change in the dominant social structure. It is imperative that legal and societal reforms go hand in hand.

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  • Bharti Chhibber, 2020. "Civil Society as the Guardian of Women’s Human Rights in India," Springer Books, in: Md. Nurul Momen & Rajendra Baikady & Cheng Sheng Li & M. Basavaraj (ed.), Building Sustainable Communities, edition 1, chapter 11, pages 223-240, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-2393-9_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2393-9_11
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