1/n Despite the backward steps under BJP gov like the ‘Love Jihad’ laws and rise in crime against women, India’s judiciary has given the nation something to cheer about by chipping away at entrenched patriarchy amd misogyni. It is still a very low bar. feminisminindia.com/2020/12/28/10-…
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1. Equal rights of daughters in coparcenary property
2. Breaking the glass ceiling in Indian Army
3. Reproductive Choice of Woman Is a Fundamental Right
4. Two Finger Test violates victim’s right to privacy, dignity and integrity
3/n 5. Sexual Harassment At Workplace Is An Affront to Women’s Fundamental Rights
6. Excluding Married Daughter From Seeking Benefit Of Compassionate Appointment Is Unconstitutional
7. Prostitution is not an offence; Adult woman has right to choose her vocation
n/n 8. Person Cannot Be Denied A Legitimate Right Only Because They are A Transgender Person
9. Transgender Persons to be a separate gender category in Prison Statistics Report
10. Family Can’t Force A Woman To Get Married
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1. In Aug 2020 MP @ShoebridgeMLC tabled a motion in New South Wales Parliament on the Citizenship Amendment Act that discriminates on the basis of religion and asked the government to renegotiate trade agreement with India to include human rights clause.
2. In her speech in the Australian Federal Parliament Senator @janet_rice asked the @AusHCIndia resign after he visited the headquarters of RSS, whom she described as a “#Fascist organisation that openly admits admiration for Adolf Hitler”.