Gender Justice

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Gender JusticeLaw and Psychology
April 30, 2019

Even Judges Are Mortals When it Comes to Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

Do individuals placed in the judicial position become miraculously free from ordinary human emotions? The recent allegations of sexual harassment against the chief justice of India, and his manner of dealing…
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Gender Justice
February 5, 2018

Apex Imprimatur On Acquittal Of ‘Peepli Live’ Co-director Mahmood Farooqui

In this era of me-too and him-too naming and shaming campaigns, which have placed the issue of consent centre stage, we have the dismissal by the Supreme Court of the…
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Gender Justice
October 1, 2017

Dastan-e-Farooqui: Of Consent, Conviction And Acquittal

Mahmood Farooqui’s legal journey is far from over, the HC verdict can still be challenged. In the ancient city of Delhi, witness to hundreds of stories, in seven avatars of…
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Gender Justice
May 1, 2009

Sexual harassment at defence establishments

If a woman employed in the defence services files sexual harassment charges at the workplace, she is likely to be further harassed by the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against her,…
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Gender Justice
September 1, 2007

We need strong legislation to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace

Because there is no clear legislation, only a set of guidelines by the Supreme Court, to deal with the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, allegations of this nature…
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Gender Justice
January 6, 2007

Women with Multiple Sex Partners in Commercial Context

The proposed amendments to the "immoral traffic" legislation are likely to drive sex work underground. The need is to separate consensual sex work by adults from the entry of minors…
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Gender Justice
December 19, 2005

She Is No Outlaw

MPs may be caught taking bribes on camera, NGOs caught fudging accounts and judges nabbed taking favours — yet parliamentarians, social workers and the robed fraternity take the high moral…
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