Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ2472137

A Study of Sexual Abuse and Gender Discrimination Relating to Women. Under International and National Context

Authors(1) :-Dr. Garima Singh

Women have equal rights as men so as to enable them to take part effectively in the administration.International human rights law prohibits discrimination against women in their enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. While non-discrimination is an essential component to the realisation of women's rights, its comparative approach measures women's equality against men's enjoyment of rights, reinforcing the masculinity of the universal subject of human rights law, whose rights are fully promoted and explicitly protected. To the extent that violations experienced exclusively or primarily by women are expressly recognised in the founding human rights instruments, they are treated as a sub-category of the universal and formulated as 'protective measures rather than as human rights. There have been many efforts to address the resulting marginalisation of women's rights, including the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the mainstreaming of women's human rights. While these efforts have been successful in many respects, there are continuing conceptual and practical problems including, not only the limitations of anti-discrimination law, but the danger that specific recognition of women's rights violations may simply reproduce women's secondary status.The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women.India has also ratified various international conventions and human rights instruments committing to secure equal rights of women. Key among them is the ratification of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1993.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Garima Singh
Ph. D. Faculty of Law, Allahabad University, Prayagraj, U.P, India

Gender Discrimination, Equality, Sexual Abuse, Women Rights

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 7 | Issue 3 | May-June 2024
Date of Publication : 2024-05-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 117-122
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ2472137
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

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Dr. Garima Singh , "A Study of Sexual Abuse and Gender Discrimination Relating to Women. Under International and National Context", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp.117-122, May-June.2024
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