Tag: human rights and uno

POSCO act is established in 2012 to protect the children against offences like sexual abuse sexual harassment and pornography while safeguarding the interest of the child at every stage of the judicial process. 

All offences under the POSCO act are considered as grave offences. Hence they are non believable.

Saudi Arabia is the most recent country to give Rights to women to vote. It has many curtailed rights not given to women.

The meaning of "Begar" means work without payment which involves free service to the master in the form of slavery and a pledge in return of shelter or food.

Bonded labor means forced labor as a pledge to the master as a repayment of debt. It involves the practice of exploitation of laborers who spend their whole life serving their masters for nothing. The constitution abolishes and makes bonded labor a punishable offense. 

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, has been made effective from 1st November 2007.  This act is extended to all of India except Jammu and Kashmir. This act prevents child marriages, so as to protect children from emotional trauma. According to this act a male up to 21 years and female up to 18 years are considered as a child. Beyond this age they are called majors.

Child marriage is a marriage performed between any male below 21 years and female below 18 years according to Indian policy. Child marriages have following disadvantages: Lack of understanding ability, risk of miscarriage among women and sexual relation becoming strenuous.

Right to Anonymity of women is one of the important rights one has to be aware of. According to this right, sexually assaulted women may record her statement alone before the district magistrate to ensure her privacy. 

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, which was passed in the year 1956, favours women against trafficking. Women trafficking is a kind of smuggling in which women are transported for sexual services. Women are protected against it through this act.

Woman reformer who supported women’s education by reinterpreting the Kuran in support of her arguments is Banu Begum. She was deeply convinced of the advantages of acquiring modem education for the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent.