Rights of the Girl Child in India - Struggle for Existence and Well-Being

This book discusses regional and global discourses on the rights of children, especially girls. It focuses on social and government initiatives to address the marginalization of women and girls in societies across the world.
It traces the root causes for the vulnerable positions of girls and women and the challenges associated with improving their access to opportunities, education, healthcare and socio-economic freedoms. It explores national and international initiatives for the welfare and development of the girl child and recent social, legal and policy developments towards uplifting vulnerable girls in largely patriarchal societies in India. It looks at debates over age and rights; the status of the girl child; the causes and consequences of being vulnerable; various aspects of welfare and protection and the cultural relativism and violation of human rights of girls and women.
An important volume on human rights, this book will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners of gender studies, sociology of the family, human rights, law and civil liberties, development studies, socio-legal studies, and sociology and social policy.

List of contents

Preface to the Second Edition viii
Abbreviations x
Introduction 1
1 Defining Childhood: Debate over Age and Rights 12
2 The Status of the Girl Child: An International Concern 25
3 The Girl Child as a Vulnerable Segment in India: Causes and Consequences 55
4 Law and Legal Discourses: Welfare and Protection of the Girl Child 75
5 Cultural Relativism and Violation of Human Rights of Girls and Women 106
Conclusion 125
Afterword 137
References 145
Index 154

About the author

Nitu Kumari is Assistant Professor of History at the Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, India.

Summary

This book discusses regional and global discourses on the rights of children and especially girls. It focuses on social and government initiatives to address the marginalization of women and girls in societies across the world.

Product details

• Authors: Nitu Kumari
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032814384
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3281438-4
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, India, Politics & government, Sociology: family & relationships, Social issues & processes, Politics and government, Gender studies: women, Social Law, Social and ethical issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: family and relationships, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Social law and Medical law