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INDIA WOMEN'S CHALLENGES FOR SECURITY, RIGHTS, EQUALITY

KASHMIR WOMEN'S SUFFERING IN PROTRACTED CONFLICT

United Nations Human Rights Council 27September 17, 2014Geneva, Switzerland

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INDIA - INFANT GIRL HUNGRY & MALNOURISHED

India - A malnourished 3-month-old girl is fed at a rehabilitation center in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. 

Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

 

According to the Save the Children's statistics, around 3.5 million children die in a year because of malnutrition. In India alone, one million children's lives could be saved every year if they were not malnourished.

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INDIA - CHILD MARRIAGE

INDIA PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGE ACT 2006

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"HALF WIDOWS" SUFFERING, STRUGGLES IN KASHMIR

By Shagufta Ashraf, Kashmir Institute of International Relations & Lecturer at AJK University.

Because of protracted conflict in Kashmir for 22 years, there are currently over 1500 "half widows" - wives of disappeared or missing husbands, in India's Kashmir. These "half widows" face economic, social, and emotional hardships, plus physical and mental health issues. Their children suffer multiple adverse effects.

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INDIA'S MISSING GIRLS - FEMALE INFANTICIDE - SKEWED SEX RATIO

A young girl looks on during a rally against female foeticide in New Delhi.

Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP

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INDIA - MATERNAL & INFANT MORTALITY CRISIS

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INDIA - SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD BOOM - LEGAL CONCERNS

Women like these at a clinic in Anand, India, can earn much more as surrogate mothers than at normal jobs. - NY Times - Stephanie Sinclair/VII Network

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WIDOWS OF INDIA - POVERTY - DISCRIMINATION - SOCIAL EXCLUSION

The Voiceless Millions of Widows of India 

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PHOTO OF INDIA GUILD OF SERVICE - WUNRN - UNIFEM CONFERENCE ON WIDOWS

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Universal Periodic Review Second Cycle - India

For first cycle reports of India, please see here

Only contributions submitted in one of the United Nations official languages are admissible and posted on this webpageDate of consideration: Thursday 24 May 2012, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm

National report 1 :  A | C | E | F | R | S

Annexes :  1, 2, 3

 Compilation of UN information 2 :  A | C | E | F | R | S 

Summary of stakeholders' information 3 :  A | C | E | F | R | SCorrigendum 1 :  A | C | E | F | R | S

Questions submitted in advance :   EAddendum 1 :  E

Outcome of the review:  

Report of the Working group   :  A | C | E | F | R | SAddendum 1 :  A | C | E | F | R | S

Decision on the outcome :  A | C | E | F | R | S

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INDIA - GIRLS' SCHOOL IN DELHI SLUM

Photo - Courtesy of FADA - Pedro Moreno

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INDIA CHILD LABOUR - GIRL BRICK WORKER

A 9-year-old girl in India toils under the hot sun, making bricks from morning to night, seven days a week.

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INDIA MANUAL SCAVENGER DALIT WOMEN

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INDIA - CRITICAL HOMELESSNESS - WOMEN & CHILDREN

Adnan Abidi / Reuters

Homeless women inside a shelter managed by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in New Delhi, Dec. 28. An intense spell of cold weather has forced hundreds of homeless to seek refugee in the shelters.

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INDIA - WOMEN & CHILDREN VICTIMS OF TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS AS IN BHOPAL

Fareeda Bi sitting with her two sons, Nawab, 8, in her lap, and Hassan, 12, in their home in the Arif Nagar slum near the factory. The boys have no muscle control and are barely able to stand. "There are more children like this in the neighborhood," she said, "who cannot walk, who cannot see."

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INDIA - PROSTITUTES OF BOMBAY

Bombay - Falkland Road - Prostitution Cages at Night - By Mary Ellen Mark

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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

58th Session - July 2014

States examined, schedule and

summary records Core document and State report Lists of issues and written

replies

Information provided to the

Committee

Delegation lists and statements

Concluding Observations

INDIA

Combined fourth and fifth periodic reports

CEDAW/C/IND/4-5A C E F R S

CEDAW/C/IND/4-5/Corr.1E

CEDAW/C/IND/Q/4-5A C E F R S

CEDAW/C/IND/Q/4-5/Add.1A C E F R S

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CEDAW/C/IND/CO/4-5A C E F R S

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BECAUSE I AM A GIRL, I MUST STUDY - POEM

 A father asks his daughter:Study? Why should you study?I have sons aplenty who can studyGirl, why should you study? The daughter tells her father:Since you ask, here’s why I must study.Because I am a girl, I must study. Long denied this right, I must studyFor my dreams to take flight, I must studyKnowledge brings new light, so I must studyFor the battles I must fight, I must studyBecause I am a girl, I must study.

To avoid destitution, I must studyTo win independence, I must studyTo fight frustration, I must studyTo find inspiration, I must studyBecause I am a girl, I must study.

To fight men’s violence, I must studyTo end my silence, I must studyTo challenge patriarchy I must studyTo demolish all hierarchy, I must study.Because I am a girl, I must study. To mould a faith I can trust, I must studyTo make laws that are just, I must studyTo sweep centuries of dust, I must studyTo challenge what I must, I must studyBecause I am a girl, I must study. To know right from wrong, I must study.To find a voice that is strong, I must studyTo write feminist songs I must studyTo make a world where girls belong, I must study.Because I am a girl, I must study. -- Kamla Bhasin