Gender, law and social transformation in India / / edited by Ajailiu Niumai, Abha Chauhan

• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 pages)
• Disciplina: 361
• Soggetto topico: Human rights
• Persona (resp. second.): NiumaiAjailiu; ChauhanAbha
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Introduction -- References -- Human Trafficking, Prostitution and Child Trafficking -- State, Law, and Prevention of Child Marriage and Child Trafficking -- State, Law, and Gender Reforms in India -- Laws to Prevent Child Marriage and Human Trafficking in India -- Magnitude of Child Marriage and Child Trafficking -- Intervention by the State of West Bengal -- Preventing Child Marriage: Kanyashree and Other Schemes -- Preventing Child Trafficking: Swayangsiddha -- Conclusion -- References -- Current Trends in Human Trafficking, Modus Operandi, and Law in India -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Modus Operandi of the Traffickers -- Trafficking in the Times of COVID-19 -- Why Do We Need Laws to Tackle Human Trafficking? -- Indian Penal Code 1860 -- The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 -- The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection, and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 -- The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care, and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021 -- Additional Laws and the Constitution of India -- The Preventive Measures -- Conclusion -- References -- Human Trafficking, Prostitution, and the Law -- Preamble -- Definition and History -- Human Trafficking and Human Rights -- Causes of Human Trafficking -- Purpose of Trafficking in Women -- Prostitution, Sex Work, and Trafficking -- Human Trafficking and the Law -- The Constitution of India -- Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 -- Political and Legal Debates -- Live-In Relationship -- Same-Sex Marriage -- The Indian Penal Code, 1860 -- The Bonded Labour (System) Abolition Act, 1976 -- Steps Taken by the Ministry of Women and Child Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Circumscribed Health: Whacked Body's Struggle for Right -- Introduction. ; Governmentality of Labour of Reproductive Organ: Theorizing Relationship Between Sex Work and Neoliberal State -- HIV/AIDS/STDS Epidemic: Fear Transformed into New Identity and Feminist Response -- Agency of Subjectivity: Politics of Choice and Prerogative -- Methods of Study: Field as Text and Search of Potential Site for Textual Analysis -- Formation of Agency: Development of the Concept of Flying -- Malkins and Pimps: Counter Agency -- Health Problems of Sex Workers and Their Negotiation with Disease and Illness -- Role of Malkins and Pimps in Deciding Health Condition of Migrant Sex Workers -- Role of Government, Urban Body, and NGO Toward Health of Work Place: Legal Domination of the Space -- Government's Initiative to Protect "Health" -- Conclusion: False Consciousness, Value and Sisterhood -- References -- Sexual Harassment and Related Criminal Acts -- Section 498A of Indian Penal Code: A Legal Instrument for Social Change -- Introduction -- Objects and Reasons for Inclusion of S. 498A in IPC -- Conclusion -- References -- Sexual Violence Against Girl Child: A Conspiracy of Social and Legislative Laws -- Introduction -- Incest and Sexual Violence Against Girl Child -- The Laws -- Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012 -- Conclusion -- References -- Practicability of the Practice of Anti-Sexual Harassment Law: A Feminist Analysis of Jurisprudential Crisis of the Indian Legal System -- Introduction -- History of Indian Jurisprudence: Tracing the Colonial Footprint -- A Brief Trajectory of IWM's Engagement with Law: Precursors to PoSH Law -- Existential Crisis of PoSH Law: The Theory-Practice Spiral -- The First-Of-Its-Kind: AK Ganguly Case, 2012 -- The Swatenter Kumar Case, 2014 -- The Ranjan Gogoi Case, 2019 -- Dr. P. S. Malik Versus High Court of Delhi, 2016 -- Conclusion -- References. ; Beyond the Stories of Elopement: Understanding 'Honour' Crimes in India -- Introduction -- Women and Notion of Honour in the Indian Legal System -- Haryana and Punjab as Two Sites to Study 'Honour' Crimes in India -- Observations from the Field -- Responses of the People Working at the Ground -- 'Honour', Custody, and the Legal Lacunae: Conclusion -- Marriage, Reproduction, and Control -- The Legal Snake and Ladder -- References -- Domestic Violence Against Women -- Domestic Violence Against Women: Law and Practice in India -- Introduction -- Incidence of Domestic Violence -- Causes of Domestic Violence -- Consequences of Domestic Violence -- International Attempts to Eradicate Violence Against Women -- Constitutional Provisions for the Welfare of Women in India -- Domestic Violence in Criminal Law -- Domestic Violence in Civil Law -- The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 -- Conclusion -- References -- Of Negotiations and Reframing: Law's Response to Domestic Violence in Assam -- Introduction -- Domestic Violence -- Domestic Violence in Assam -- Nature and Forms of Domestic Violence -- Legal Spaces, Women in Waiting, and Intersectionality -- Parochial Constructions of Domestic Violence -- 'Saving' Marriage and Family -- Accusation of Misuse of Law and Feminisation of Domestic Violence -- Conclusion -- References -- Domestic Violence Against Women in Rural Areas of Jammu District: An Analysis -- Introduction -- Understanding the Concept of Domestic Violence -- Conceptual Explanation of Domestic Violence -- Reasons of Domestic Violence -- Consequences of Domestic Violence Against Women -- Conclusion -- References -- Gender and Legal Rights -- Gender, Law, and Rights of Permanent Residents in Jammu and Kashmir: From the Lens of Article 370 and Beyond -- Introduction -- Permanent Resident Laws in J& -- K: Historicity of the Events. ; Gender and Permanent Resident Status in Jammu and Kashmir -- Discriminatory Judgements by the J& -- K High Court Against Women of the State -- J& -- K High Court 2002 Judgement -- Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill: 2004 -- Abridging Article 370 and Its Implications -- References -- Can Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems Act Unfasten Agrarian Gender Order? Some Evidences from Tamil Nadu -- Background -- Disinterring Gender Order in Participatory Institutions -- Methodology -- Gender Assessment of Tamil Nadu Farmers' Management of Irrigation Systems Act -- Gender Order in the Membership of Water User Associations -- Participatory Exclusion of Women from Water User Associations -- Gender Order in Leadership in Participatory Irrigation Management -- Edifice of Gender Order in Participatory Irrigation Management -- Conclusion -- References -- From Contraception to Assisted Conception: A History of Women's Movement for Reproductive Health Rights in India -- The Colonial Period: Early Feminism and Birth Control -- Postindependence Second Wave: Family Planning Versus Reproductive Health -- Indian Women's Movement for Reproductive Health Rights -- Feminism and Assisted Reproductive Technologies -- Conclusion -- References -- Gender Disparity and Education of Muslim Girls in India: Societal and Legal Issues -- Introduction -- Status of Muslim Women in India -- Meaning of Education in Islam -- Education and Gender Equality in Islam -- Educational Development of Muslim Girls in India -- Specific Safeguards for Religious Minorities in India -- Way Forward for Muslim Girl's Education -- Conclusion -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, Law and Social Transformation in India
• ISBN: 981-19-8020-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910634042703321
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