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Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act) (POSH ACT), 2013

1. Introduction Man and woman are born equal but are not often treated equally. In the earlier times, women were only considered as robots for household work and self satisfaction. It was from the starting of the 20th century when the government started passing special laws and acts for women, and then they started coming out of their houses and started to create their position in every stream of life whether it is politics, army, science or technology. It is pretty natural for the society when a man steps his feet out for work but when the women were often ill treated and judged by the society when she started going out of their household for work. Moreover the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted by the General assembly of United states also prohibits sexual harassment of women at work place, and since India is party to CEDAW. Since India signed CEDAW in 1980 and ratified it in 1993, it has become the duty of India to make strict

Surge in Domestic Violence amid lockdown

Introduction For a very long time, women have suffered and faced a lot in this cruel world. Women remained the most neglected section of our society. It was from the mid 19th century, women started raising their voice and some changes were done in Indian Statues and laws for their well being. But the sad reality of today’s world is that, on one hand, they are being compared to Goddesses, on another hand they are being beaten, abused, and often treated as slaves. However, domestic violence is not new for India, but it is increasing like a pandemic. The cases of Domestic violence is not increasing in India, WHO has also said that cases of domestic violence are increasing globally. Domestic Violence, a pandemic for women When the whole world is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic, women are suffering from another kind of pandemic which is even more hostile than coronavirus, whose name is domestic violence. Not only Indian Women are facing domestic violence, but women all ov

Acts and Laws which every Indian Woman Should Know

The government of our country has made various laws to protect the interest of our country. There were many evils in our country which were deeply enrooted in the mindset of our society, to curb those evils, we woman are provided with many laws in various India statues and in the form of acts. Although there are many laws , I have listed 10 of them:- Im moral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956 . Immoral trafficking of women for the purpose of Prostitution is prohibited by this act, Earning money by the way of using a woman in the business of prostitution is prohibited by this act, and the person doing so shall be punishable with a fine or imprisonment of min 1 year and max. 3 years or both. But if the offender tries to earn money from forcing the minor to do prostitution shall be punishable with imprisonment from 7 years to 14 years. Mines Act 1952 and Factories Act, 1958 According to the Provisions provided by Mines act, no woman shall be appointed for any kind