Article(s) of the CEDAW
Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations,
Policies, Reports, and Judgements
with a vision to include sports culture and achieve sporting
excellence through mass participation of women in sports.
6. Online training programme exclusively for women Physical
Education Teachers and Community Coaches, an initiative which
is a convergence of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (MoWCD) and Fit
India by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoYA) programmes
launched on 8th March 2021, aims to empower women teachers
in primary, secondary and senior secondary schools by giving
them fitness training so that they can, in turn, empower students,
especially the girl child.
7. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports constituted a committee to
look into the complaints regarding “Sexual Harassment of women
at work place” to ensure safety of women in sports.
8. NITI Aayog’s National Coaching Scheme especially encourages
women in sports.
JUDGEMENTS:
1. Indian Young Lawyers’ Association v. State of Kerala
(Sabarimala case - (2019) 11 SCC 1: The Supreme Court declared
unconstitutional the Sabarimala Temple’s custom of prohibiting
women in their ‘menstruating years’ from entering the temple.
Presently this judgement is under Review before the SC.
2. Independent Thought v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC (800): SC
held a man having sexual intercourse with his wife who is below
the ae of 18 years will be guilty of committing rape.
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Gaps in the implementation
of CEDAW in India (G)
and its corresponding
recommendations (R)