Women and Law: From Impoverishment to Empowerment | Lalita Dhar Parihar | EBC | Law Textbooks | 2024

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In this work, Prof. Lalita Dhar Parihar examines the political, social, and religious factors that have determined the position of women in society. The author, recognising these issues, argues for equality, empowerment and emancipation of women, both in the public and private spheres.

The author has critically examined and discussed in the work, the following issues, among others:

• women’s rights under the Constitution—mainly, equality, dignity, and to be free from discrimination;
• her right to maintenance under the personal laws of each religious group and the Criminal Procedure Code;
• offences against women, including, sexual harassment of women at workplace; and
• emerging issues defining the position of women including the much debated Women’s Reservation Bill.

Further, various statutes governing the rights of women such as the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; the Domestic Violence Act, 2005; the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994; the MTP Act, 1971; the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 etc. have been analytically discussed in the book.