The making of the Indian Constitution was a significant and collaborative effort, involving the contributions of many individuals from diverse backgrounds, including women. This is an intervention to mark those unmarked contributions.
India has enacted several pieces of legislation aimed at promoting gender justice and addressing issues related to women’s rights and equality. It is important to note that despite the existence of these laws, challenges persist in ensuring their effective implementation and addressing cultural and societal attitudes that contribute to gender-based discrimination.
Judicial intervention has played a crucial role in imparting gender justice in India. Over the years, Indian courts have delivered judgments and made legal interventions to address issues related to gender inequality, discrimination, and violence against women. Here we explore landmark judicial decisions contributed to feminist jurisprudence and gender justice in India.
Feminist jurisprudence has made significant strides in India but challenges persist. Therefore ongoing efforts are required to ensure the effective implementation of gender-just laws and policies. Feminist legal scholars and activists continue to play a vital role in shaping legal discourse, influencing reforms, and advancing the cause of gender equality within the Indian legal landscape.
Feminist legal debates encompass a wide range of issues, reflecting the evolving nature of gender relations and the ongoing struggle for gender equality. These debates reflect the complexity and diversity of contemporary feminist legal thought in India.
Feminist legal thought has evolved over time, and various historical legal documents have played crucial roles in shaping and influencing feminist perspectives. Explicit feminist legal documents may be limited in historical context, several legal and social reform efforts have contributed significantly to advancing women’s rights in India.
Dakshayani Velayudhan
“I submit that a Constituent Assembly not only frames a Constitution but also gives the people a new framework for life. To frame such a Constitution is an easy task because there are many models for us to imitate…but to renew a people on a new foundation requires the synthetic vision of a planner…what we want is not all kinds of safeguards. It is the moral safeguards that give us real protection..what we want is the immediate removal of our social disabilities. Our freedom can be obtained only from Indians and not only from the British Government.”
(Dakshayani Velayudhan,19 December 1946, CA debates)
Dr. B.R. ambedkar
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved”.
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DV Archive creates audio, video, graphic and text documentation material on gender specific legislative processes in Kerala and India. The documentation involves collection and documentation of texts, photographs and sound clips and preparation of texts in various forms about the documented materials. The work includes transcription, translation and transliteration of legislative process and literary works being disseminated in oral and written forms. The collected materials and recorded sound clips were used for setting up a digital archive at the School of Indian Legal Thought.