All marriages between Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) or Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and Indian citizens should be compulsorily registered in India, the Law Commission recommended to the Union government on Friday.

A majority of women in West Bengal and Jharkhand were married by the age of 21, while the proportion in Jammu and Kashmir was less than 10% in 2020. In Delhi, over 17% of women married before 21.

With the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aiming to eliminate child and early marriage by 2030, there are renewed and magnified efforts to address the issu

This paper propounds a contract-theoretic model where dowry acts as a screening device to differentiate gro

The main objective of the Conference was to identify and unpack various perspectives on the issue of social security for women in India by bringing together a diverse range of participants from the Government, trade unions,

Central to the project of comprehensive reform of matriliny in early twentieth century Malabar was the affirmation of the conjugal bond as the principal property/material relation between men and women and parents (fathers) and children.

Shelter is one of the basic needs of human beings next only to food and clothing. ‘Housing’ is fundamental to the formation of individual capabilities and identities and family and community ties. It is as essential for a human being as air, water, food, and clothing.