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  Declaration On The Rights of Disabled Persons: The Declaration of the Rights of Disabled persons was a declaration of the General Assembly of the United Nations made on 9 Dec 1975. It is the 3447th resolution made by by the Assembly. The disabled person shall enjoy all rights contained in this declaration without distinction or discrimination. The disabled persons have inherent rights to respect for their human dignity and irrespective of the origin, nature and seriousness of their handicaps and disabilities, have same Fundamental Rights. Disabled persons have the same civil and political rights as other human beings. Disabled persons are entitled to the measures designed to enable them to become as self-reliant as possible. Disabled persons have the right to economic and social security, including the right, according to their capabilities, to secure and retain employment or to engage in a useful, productive and remunerative occupation and to join trade unions. Disabled pers...

  Right to equality Article 14  of the Constitution of India states that every person is equal before the law and has equal protection of the laws. Thus, this right is applicable to children of India, as well, because, they too, are the citizens of this nation.  Right against discrimination Article 15  of the Constitution talks about the prohibition of discrimination based on race, caste, etc. Under  Article 15(1) , no citizen shall be discriminated against based on his religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them. Further,  Article 15(3)  states that the State shall not be prevented from making any special provisions for women and children.  Right to freedom of expression Article 19(1)(a)  has conferred a right to freedom of speech and expression to each and every citizen of India. This right is applicable to everyone, including the children of India. Children have the  liberty  of expression as long as their...

  Concept of Stridhana   Stridhana consists of two words – ‘Stri’ meaning Woman and ‘Dhan’ meaning wealth. Therefore, Stridhana means Women’s wealth or property. Unlike other properties in her hand, she has absolute right over Stridhan. She is free to transfer Srtidhan property by way of sale, gift or will and on death descended to her own heirs. Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act, 1937 The Act conferred new rights on the widow of a deceased Hindu coparcener. The Act recognized the rights not only the widow of deceased coparcener but also gave rights to the widow of predeceased son and widow of the predeceased son of a predeceased son. Before this Act came into force, the share of the deceased coparcener in an undivided family would pass on to the surviving coparceners, and such widows had no right to claim it. They could have claimed only maintenance and right of residence out of the estate of the deceased Hindu Code Bill The background of the Hindu Code Bill can be ...

  CONSTITUTION OF INDIA ·        Art. 14 Equality before laws The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India   ·        Art. 15 The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.   ·        Art. 17 Abolition of untouchability “Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of “Untouchability” shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.   ·        Art.19 Fundamental freedoms All citizens shall have the right— (a) to freedom of speech and expression; (b) to assemble peaceably and without arms; (c) to form associations or unions   [or co-operative societies] (d) to move freely throughou...

  INTRODUCTION  After birth a child is either called as a boy or a girl depending on his or her biological chromosomes. Traditionally, they termed as a male or a female. These become their gender identity. A child gets characterized in only two categories, male or female irrespective of his emotional or mental attraction towards somebody. A human being has both gender identity and sexual orientation at the same time. Where sexual orientation fully describes the emotional attraction, gender identity differs from it while dealing it with the concept of deep feeling and experiences of gender which may or may not be similar with the sex assigned at birth. With increasing age, a person realizes internal sense of their role according to their culture specifying traditional and behavioral differences between men and women. This is termed as ‘Gender Identity’. On the other hand, ‘Sexual Orientation’ generally deals with the emotional and sexual attraction they feel for others that can...