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INDIA WOMEN'S & GIRLS' CHALLENGES FOR SECURITY, RIGHTS, EMPOWERMENT & EQUALITY

United Nations Human Rights CouncilJune 3, 2013

Geneva, Switzerland

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INDIA - INFANT GIRL HUNGRY & MALNOURISHED

India - A malnourished 3-month-old girl is fed at a rehabilitation center in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. 

Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

 

According to the Save the Children's statistics, around 3.5 million children die in a year because of malnutrition. In India alone, one million children's lives could be saved every year if they were not malnourished.

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INDIA - CHILD MARRIAGE

INDIA PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGE ACT 2006

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INDIA'S MISSING GIRLS - FEMALE INFANTICIDE - SKEWED SEX RATIO

A young girl looks on during a rally against female foeticide in New Delhi.

Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP

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INDIA - MATERNAL & INFANT MORTALITY CRISIS

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INDIA - SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD BOOM - LEGAL CONCERNS

Women like these at a clinic in Anand, India, can earn much more as surrogate mothers than at normal jobs. - NY Times - Stephanie Sinclair/VII Network

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WIDOWS OF INDIA - POVERTY - DISCRIMINATION - SOCIAL EXCLUSION

The Voiceless Millions of Widows of India 

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PHOTO OF INDIA GUILD OF SERVICE - WUNRN - UNIFEM CONFERENCE ON WIDOWS

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INDIA - GIRLS' SCHOOL IN DELHI SLUM

Photo - Courtesy of FADA - Pedro Moreno

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INDIA CHILD LABOUR - GIRL BRICK WORKER

A 9-year-old girl in India toils under the hot sun, making bricks from morning to night, seven days a week.

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INDIA MANUAL SCAVENGER DALIT WOMEN

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INDIA - CRITICAL HOMELESSNESS - WOMEN & CHILDREN

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Homeless women inside a shelter managed by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in New Delhi, Dec. 28. An intense spell of cold weather has forced hundreds of homeless to seek refugee in the shelters.

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INDIA - WOMEN & CHILDREN VICTIMS OF TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS AS IN BHOPAL

Fareeda Bi sitting with her two sons, Nawab, 8, in her lap, and Hassan, 12, in their home in the Arif Nagar slum near the factory. The boys have no muscle control and are barely able to stand. "There are more children like this in the neighborhood," she said, "who cannot walk, who cannot see."

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INDIA - PROSTITUTES OF BOMBAY

Bombay - Falkland Road - Prostitution Cages at Night - By Mary Ellen Mark

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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

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INDIA WOMEN'S CHALLENGES FOR COLLECTING & MANAGING WATER

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INDIA WOMEN'S GRASSROOTS GROUPS/TRINJANS FOR SUSTAINABLE TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE

Around 800 women from across Punjab came together to participate in the

recent 'trinjan' organised in Amritsar. (Photo: Kheti Virasat Mission\WFS)

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INDIA - OUTRAGE OVER DELHI GANG RAPE SWELLS

Indian students and activists shout slogans as they carry torches at India Gate during a protest following the gang-rape of a student in New Delhi, Dec 19, 2012. — Photo by AFP

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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FINALIZES MISSION TO INDIA

NEW DELHI (1 May 2013) – At the end of her official country mission to India, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, delivered the following statement:

“I have been mandated by the Human Rights Council to seek and receive information on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and to recommend measures to eliminate all forms of violence against women.

I would like to begin by expressing my thanks to the Government of India for having invited me to visit the country from 22 April to 1 May. The invitation, which was in response to a request from my mandate, was received prior to the events that led to the death of a young woman in Delhi on 16 December 2012. The protest actions and outpouring of sadness and anger; and the extensive coverage by the media, both local and global; has generated a huge focus on the issue of violence against women and girls in India.  This mission has generated country-wide interest, and also, demands for the addressing of this systemic problem as an urgent imperative, at both the State and the non-state levels.

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INDIA WOMEN'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP ADVANCES

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BECAUSE I AM A GIRLIN INDIA, I MUST STUDY 

An India  father asks his daughter:

Study? Why should you study?

I have sons aplenty who can study

Girl, why should you study?

 

The daughter tells her father:

Since you ask, here’s why I must study.

Because I am a girl, I must study.

 

Long denied this right, I must study

For my dreams to take flight, I must study

Knowledge brings new light, so I must study

For the battles I must fight, I must study

Because I am a girl, I must study.’

To avoid destitution, I must study

To win independence, I must study

To fight frustration, I must study

To find inspiration, I must study

Because I am a girl, I must study.

 

To fight men’s violence, I must study

To end my silence, I must study

To challenge patriarchy I must study

To demolish all hierarchy, I must study.

Because I am a girl, I must study. 

 

-- Kamla Bhasin