This report comes to you at a time when questions around who can be family and whether adult citizens of this country have a say in formin

DEVELOPMENT is about protection of human rights of the concerned populations. It pre-supposes active participation of the populace in the decisionmaking processes while social justice remains one of the most important and cherished goals of development.

THE United Nations Commission on the Status of Women defines violence against women to include "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women..." [Economic and Social Council 1992].

This report examines the linkages between wife-beating and one health-related consequence for women, their experience of fetal and infant mortality.

In recent years, with the increased pace of urbanisation and modernisation, Indian women of all social classes have entered professional occupations.

The Muslim Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, No. 24 of 2013, enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, introduces reforms to the legal framework governing marriage and divorce within the Muslim community.

This study aims to understand the access to justice and the justice delivery system from the perspective of victims of marital violence especially in the context of r

Most people in India are now aware that the country's population is growing rapidly, and appreciate the need for controlling its rate of growth.