Abstract
Title
Media clippings - Women's Rights (1995-1997)
Identifier
MS-032-1-1-1-13
Digital Object URI
Description
Newspaper clippings of articles by Rai on issues of women's rights including administrative changes and activities of the National Commission of Women, such as seeking housing for sex workers, addressing complaints such as improper remarks against Mayawati by Mulayam; procedure and prosecution of rape cases, as well as failure of prosecution; the provision of family courts in residential areas; protests against beauty contest and for a gender-sensitive broadcasting authority; report on inspiring local politician in Deoband. Zeenat Naz; the hurdles faced by Rajasthan's Saathin scheme; lack of female workforce participation in Punjab; female infanticide and initiatives against it; protests against medical malpractice and unethical medical trials on women without consent; workplace harassment in the IAS (of Rupan Deol Bajaj); dowry deaths; and an interview with United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Director Noeleen Heyzer.
Date(s)
1995 - 1997
Collection
Usha Rai Papers
Series
Series 1: Media clippings -- Writings by Usha Rai
Subseries
Sub-Series 1: Media clippings - English