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Public Grievance Redressal mechanism serves as an indicator to gauge the efficiency and effectiveness of the administrative processes and an administration could not be regarded as gender sensitive if it does not have a grievance redressal mechanism specifically designed to cater to specific grievances of women. Government has gone a long way in bringing out many initiatives to redress the grievances of women both at work and at home. In alignment with Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Millennium Development Goals (MDG) National Policy for Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Development Goals I (SDGs) for a gender inclusive society. Many schemes have been initiated by the Government resulting in a positive impact while addressing gender needs. The Department of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment have contributed substantially in improving gender equality and child sex ratio and eradicating the evils of female infanticide. The Department also provides care and protection for children, women, senior citizens and third genders through various schemes like Working Women Hostels, One Stop Center, Short Stay Homes and Old Age Homes, Women, Child and Elders Helpline etc.
To provide safety and security of women and establish the rights of women, the National Commission for Women has been set up at the Centre. Following this, various State Governments have set up State Commission of Women to take up issues related to violation of rights of women. Aggrieved women who have been subjected to Dowry Harassment, Domestic Violence, Sexual Harassment, Kidnapping, Molestation and other family disputes can approach the State Women Commissions for speedy and effective redressal of their grievances. The State Commission of Women also conducts public hearings to take into account public views, complaints etc.
Domestic Violence is a violation of basic right to Life and dignity under Article 21 and women in Indian households are very much vulnerable to this evil due to patriarchal norms and their weak socio-economic stature.
Dowry Prohibition Act, Indian law, enacted on May 1, 1961, intended to prevent the giving or receiving of a dowry. Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, dowry includes property, goods, or money given by either party to the marriage, by the parents of either party, or by anyone else in connection with the marriage. The Dowry Prohibition Act applies to persons of all religions in India. The Indian Penal Code was also modified in 1983 to establish specific crimes of dowry-related cruelty, dowry death, and abetment of suicide. These enactments punished violence against women by their husbands or their relatives when proof of dowry demands or dowry harassment could be shown. In order to provide more teeth to dowry-prevention laws, the Government has decided to make it mandatory for couples to notify the list of gifts exchanged during their wedding ceremony. The rule will come about through an amendment to the existing Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 (DPA).
According to the act, a child is a male who has not completed twenty-one years of age and a female who has not completed eighteen years of age. Child marriage is also associated with other problems like dowry and child widowhood. It is also associated with malnutrition, poor health of mothers and high fertility and hence over-population. The act calls for the instatement of a Child Marriage Prohibition Officer, who is responsible for ensuring no child marriage takes place in their jurisdiction by approaching the courts for an injunction, collecting evidence against people, creating awareness about the negative effects of child marriage, collect data concerning child marriages, etc. In October 2017, Supreme Court of India gave a landmark judgement criminalizing sex with a child bride, hence removing an exception in India’s criminal jurisprudence, which had until then accorded legal protection to men who raped their minor wives.
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