Domestic violence Current Affairs, GK & News

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: November 25

Every year, the International Day for Elimination of violence against women is marked by the United Nations on November 25. The day is celebrated to create awareness that women around the world are subjected to domestic violence, rape and other forms of violence. This year the day is celebrated under the theme Theme: “Fund, Respond, ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: Domestic violence • International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women • National Crime Records Bureau • Violence against women • World Health Organisation (WHO)

Violence against Women: WHO Findings

A comprehensive study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on violence against women makes the following observations: About 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Around 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. In countries ..

Topics: Domestic violence • Education • Respect • Sexual Violence • Violence against women • WHO • World Health Organisation

Justice Rajesh Bindal Committee Recommendations

There is immense pressure on India from the U.S. to accede to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, which is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect children wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the other parent. A committee was set up by the Centre ..

Topics: Abuse • Child abduction • Child custody • Child safety • Domestic violence • Family law • Habitual residence • Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction • International child abduction • Law by country • Parental child abduction • Politics by country

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is an intergovernmental agreement that deals with issues related to parental kidnapping or child abduction for children under the age of 16 years across international borders. The Convention seeks to protect children from the harmful effects of abduction and retention across international boundaries by ..

Topics: Abuse • Child abduction • Child custody • Child safety • Contact • Domestic violence • Family law • Habitual residence • Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction • International child abduction • Law by country • Politics by country

Bihar government launched a state-wide campaign against child marriage and dowry on occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary

The Bihar government has launched a state-wide campaign against child marriage and dowry on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. In it, people pledged not to get married a girl below 18 years or a boy below 21 or participate in a child marriage or a wedding with dowry. They also took a pledge ..

Topics: Child marriage • Divorce • Domestic violence • Dowry • Dowry system in India • Human behavior • Humans • Mahatma Gandhi • Marriage • Violence against women in India