In June, police arrested the mother and stepfather of the victim for taking her to private fertility centres to sell her oocytes.

Education is accorded a high priority in development policy in most countries, including India.

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