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Multiple wives most common among tribals: NFHS data
Rema Nagarajan
Times of India
2022
Polygyny or the practice of having more than one wife is legal in India only for Muslims, but National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data shows it is almost as prevalent in other communities, though on the decline in all.
Interregional Variations of Fertility Contours in India: A Multilevel Modelling Approach.
Saswata Ghosh, Md Zakaria Siddiqui, Debojyoti Majumder
Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata
2022
Since India’s independence, population stabilization has been one of the prime concerns in its development agenda.
A Gender Analysis of the Right to a Nationality in Myanmar.
Davina Wadley
UN Women
2019
Dalit women in Rajasthan: status of economic, social and cultural rights
Fact Finding Mission
Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
2008
Shariat Courts and Women’s Rights in India
Sabiha Hussain
Centre for Women’s Development Studies
2007
Crossing boundaries: women and economic, social and cultural rights
Alison Gita Aggarwal
Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
2004
The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994
India
The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, is a critical piece of legislation in India aimed at addressing and curbing the practice of sex-selective abortions and ensuring the ethical use of prenatal diagnostic technologies.
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021
India
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, is an Indian law aimed at regulating Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), sperm or egg donation, and surrogacy.

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