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

Violence against women is legitimized by social norms, beliefs and institutions.

In the first such study of the Constitution, legislation, schemes, policies, etc, vis-à-vis the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has concluded the rights of women remain restricted in all spheres of

“Women hold up half the sky”, the Chinese saying goes. But we need to recognize that it is not an equal world for women, globally and in India.

Within this research, Sama aimed to further the understanding of mental health, drawing on young