Year of various legislations to safeguard constitutional rights of Women:
1. Hindu marriage act 1955
2. The Hindu Succession Act 1956
3. Dowry prohibition act 1961
4. Medical termination of pregnancy Act 1971
5. Equal remuneration act 1976
6. Child marriage restraint act 1976
7. Immoral trafficking (Prevention) Act 1956 (and a result of the signing by India of the United Nations' declaration in 1950 in New York on the suppression of trafficking) , later reviewed in 1986.
8. Prenatal Diagnostic technique (Regulation& Prevention Act ) 1994
Years of welfare measure programmes for women
1. Training for Employment programme 1987
2. Mahila Sammriddhi Yojna 1993
3. Rastriya mahila Kosh 1992-93
4. Indira mahila Yojna : 1995
5. DWCRA 1997
6. Balika sammriddhi Yojna: 1997
The mahila Sammriddhi Yojna and Indira mahila Yojna were merged into the integrated self help group programme Swayam Siddha.
What is international bill of rights for women?
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women which was adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly is described as an international bill of rights for women. it came into force on 3 September 1981. The United States is the only developed nation that has not ratified the CEDAW.
What is Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women?
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is one of the 8 UN-related human rights treaty bodies and has 23 experts on women's issues from different UN member states.
What are the 8 UN-related human rights treaty bodies?
1. Human Rights Committee
2. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
3. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
4. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women monitors the CEDAW
5. The Committee Against Torture
6. The Committee on the Rights of the Child
7. The Committee on Migrant Workers
8. The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (established in 2008 and is latest among them)