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

Decades of campaigning has led to signiicant changes and reform in the rape law.

The study aimed at examining the prevalence of child labour in the villages of East and West Jaintia Hills Districts of Meghalaya where coal mining is predominant.

Women experience disadvantage and oppression differentially, based on their status, context and location.

The drive for a rapid development in the education of women came largely from a perception summed up aptly in .the following statement by Mayhew: "women