TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rao, Mamta
TI  - Law relating to women and children / 
SN  - 9788119114955
U1  - 346.0134  
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Lucknow
PB  - Eastern Book Company, 
KW  - Women Legal status, laws, etc. India
KW  - Juvenile justice, Administration of India
KW  - Children Legal status, laws, etc. India
N1  - CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Thinkers on "women"
2. Feminist theory
3. Feminism
4. Feminist awakening
5. Status of women
6. Position of women
CHAPTER 2: International Commitments
1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2. Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 1953
3. Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, 1957
4. Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 1967
5. Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women,
6. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1993
7. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 1999
8. Commission on the Status of Women
9. United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2000
CHAPTER 3: Constitutional Protection and National Commission for Women
1. Gender equality and protection under the Constitution
2. National Commission for Women
CHAPTER 4: Law Relating to Crimes Against Women
1. Rape
2. Custodial rape
3. Gang rape
4. Marital rape
5. Sentencing
6. Allied provisions
7. Sexual abuse of children
8. Reflections of judicial sensitivity
9. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2010
10. Dowry deaths
11. Prostitution
12. Female foeticide
13. Sexual harassment at workplace
14. Domestic violence
15. Law relating to obscenity and indecent representation of women  
16. Termination of pregnancy
17. Sati
CHAPTER 5: Personal Laws Relating to Women
1. Marriage and divorce
2. Maintenance
3. Guardianship
4. Adoption
5. Succession
6. Family courts
7. Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2010 (No.30 of 2010)  
CHAPTER 6: Women and Industrial Law
1. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
2. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
3. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2008 (No. 15 of 2008)
4. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
5. Factories Act, 1948
6. Mines Act, 1952
7. The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
8. Proposed Legislation
CHAPTER 7: Laws Relating to Protection of Children
1. International scenario
2. Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 1959
3. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989
4. The World Summit for Children, 1990
5. United Nations Conference of Environment and Development, 1992
6. World Conference on Human Rights, 1993
7. International Labour Organisation (ILO)
8. Some other instruments
9. Indian perspective
10. Child trafficking and abuse
CHAPTER 8: Juvenile Justice
1. International instruments
2. Development
3. Juvenile Justice Act, 1986
4. Juvenile justice (care and protection of children) act, 2000
5. Some decisions
Subject Index
N2  - The current fourth edition of this much acclaimed work by Mamta Rao, is a well-researched and systematically organized study on the subject. The author has discussed various problems faced by women and has thrown light on the crimes committed against women viz. rape, dowry death, female foeticide, sexual harassment at workplace, domestic violence, etc. The work also analyses issues such as child labour, child abuse, juvenile delinquency etc.
The following are the highlights of this new edition: -
Includes the Shayara Bano case on Triple Talaq
Includes discussion on Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009; Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013; Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013; Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017
Includes leading cases on the subject specified in the syllabus of law schools.
The author discusses the Nirbhaya case at length. ---provided by publisher
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