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This Bill seeks to prevent and prohibit the atrocities and offences like teasing, stripping or parading naked, molestation, rape, outraging modesty, branding or killing as witches, forcing into prostitution offering as devadaasi etc. against the women and girl child and to provide for deterrent punishment and special Courts for the trial of such offences and […]
2013 revised version of the act to prevent sexual harassment at the working place. Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2013 – Gazette of India
This Act was established for the prevention of offences of atrocities against the members of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and to provide for Special Courts for such offences. Also it tries to help relief and rehabilitation of the victims. It hereby includes gender sensitive issues like dishonoring, naked parading and sexual exploitation […]
This Act attempts to provide protection of the rights of women, who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family or between people who live together and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The safety of women is guaranteed under the Constitution. Violence includes harm, injures or dangers affectig the health, safety, […]
Within a human rights framework this bill discusses aspects of defining it, filing it and sentencing it. Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010 – As introduced in Lok Sabha (1)
Gender-neutral Act with regard to human rights. Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 – As amended by Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
This Act seeks to protect minors (below 18) from sexual exploitation, assault, abuse, prostitution, pornography, stripping, etc. It hereby includes penovaginal intercourse, but also other body party and external objects. Further also penalties and sentences are clearly defined, which are also applicable to the security forces and the police. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9wqvs5QNCItaVd2eXRpSWM0Y1k/edit?usp=sharing
This Bill recommends certain procedures in case of the death of a female child in order to avoid and control structural infanticide. Further it also describes appropriate penalties and sentences. Prevention of Female Infanticide Bill, 2013 – to be introduced in Rajya Sabha
Related to the 1986 Act, which prohibited indecent representation of women in advertisement or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or similar. This document suggests an inclusion of more recent forms of media, like the internet. Press release from Standing Committee on HRD on Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2012
Speaker took a moment to condemn the rise of sexual crimes toward women and children and to pray for the child’s speedy recovery. Lok Sabha Session Transcript – Speaker’s comments on gang-rape of 5 year old