High Level Committee Report on the
Status of Women in India released
A High Level Committee constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in May 2013 submitted its report on the status of women in India in July 2015.17 The recommendations of the Committee ranged across parameters such as socio-economic status, violence against women, health and education, etc. Key recommendations include: Implementation of existing Acts: Laws such as the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, Dowry Prohibition Act, Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, Prevention of Child Marriage Act, Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, etc, should be effectively implemented and monitored.
Criminal laws: The budget for the implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is insufficient for effective implementation. This allocation needs to be increased.
Marital rape should be made an offence and age of consent, which is currently 18 years, should be revised.
Other laws: Under the Hindu law, irretrievable breakdown of marriage should not be a ground for divorce, as it is at present. Under the Muslim law, a complete ban should be imposed on oral, unilateral and triple divorce (talaq). The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 should be amended to make it illegal to preferentially employ women based on marital status and pregnancy. Specific provisions regarding women workers should be included in the Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008.
A national level monitoring agency should be set up to collect data on gender every five years. A national policy
A High Level Committee constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in May 2013 submitted its report on the status of women in India in July 2015.17 The recommendations of the Committee ranged across parameters such as socio-economic status, violence against women, health and education, etc. Key recommendations include: Implementation of existing Acts: Laws such as the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, Dowry Prohibition Act, Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, Prevention of Child Marriage Act, Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, etc, should be effectively implemented and monitored.
Criminal laws: The budget for the implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is insufficient for effective implementation. This allocation needs to be increased.
Marital rape should be made an offence and age of consent, which is currently 18 years, should be revised.
Other laws: Under the Hindu law, irretrievable breakdown of marriage should not be a ground for divorce, as it is at present. Under the Muslim law, a complete ban should be imposed on oral, unilateral and triple divorce (talaq). The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 should be amended to make it illegal to preferentially employ women based on marital status and pregnancy. Specific provisions regarding women workers should be included in the Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008.
A national level monitoring agency should be set up to collect data on gender every five years. A national policy
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