Reports

Report on Up-scaling the Legal Initiative in India for Reducing Maternal Mortality and Advancing Young People’s Reproductive Health and Rights

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Building upon Socio Legal Information Centre’s (SLIC) integrated advocacy approach to reducing maternal mortality and advancing young people’s rights in India, Project Period 2 yielded groundbreaking results. Through strategic legal intervention, public education, creative activism, and an expanded online presence, SLIC increased legal awareness on reproductive rights both inside and outside the courtroom. These efforts culminated in strengthened implementation of government schemes, a claiming of rights by communities across the country, and underscored art as

an effective medium to inspire action against maternal mortality. SLIC worked vigilantly to ensure that legal interventions increased government accountability, and in so doing, brought positive changes to the lives of India’s

Women Rights in Conflict Zones: A Focus on India

The condition faced by women in conflict zones are of immense significance in the current scenario where one finds increased sites of conflict. The sites of conflict would not only include war zones but also areas of internal unrest due to self determination issues, communal conflicts, Environmental disasters etc. It is often seen that in the larger framework of addressing these issues, women’s concern take a backseat. Consequently their needs and issues get buried within larger scheme of things. It is submitted that conflict situations puts additional strain on women who get doubly marginalized as well as vulnerable to attacks from the aggressive opposition as women are most often symbolize the honour of the family. Violation of the bodily integrity of the women, displacement, Issues relating domestic violence, Denial of Properly rights etc are some of the major issues which remain hidden.

National Consultation on the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005

The National Consultation on the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, organized by the Human Rights Law Network, Majlis, and a number of other women’s right and human rights organizations, was held in Mumbai in February 2010. The consultation brought together over 200 lawyers and activists from 20 states across India.