Jain, Garima, Palit, Manjushree
and Dhanda, Astha
(2015)
Preventing femicide in India: valuing & safeguarding the girl child & women.
In:
Femicide: a global issue that demand action.
Academic Council on the United Nations System, Vienna, pp. 106-110.
ISBN 9783200030121
(Unpublished)
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Abstract
In this paper authors have reviewed and deconstruct the multi-dimensional preventive steps taken against femicide in the Indian cultural context and their effectiveness. The multi-level reforms discussed below include selected (based on popularity and success) laws, government schemes, and community initiatives that have contributed to the incremental change.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Femicide-India | Girl child | Government schemes for females |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Gender Studies Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General) |
| JGU School/Centre: | Jindal School of Languages & Literature |
| Depositing User: | Arjun Dinesh |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2022 05:13 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2022 05:13 |
| Official URL: | https://www.femicideincanada.ca/sites/default/file... |
| URI: | https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/3371 |
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