Preventing femicide in India: valuing & safeguarding the girl child & women

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 ISBN 9783200030121 (Unpublished)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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