Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations,
Policies, Reports, and Judgements
Article(s) of the CEDAW
all categories including preschool, general, technical,
professional and higher
technical education in rural
as well as urban areas;
b) Access to same curricula,
the same examinations ;
(c) Elimination of
stereotyped concepts of the
roles of men and women at
all levels of education;
(d) The same opportunities
to benefit from scholarships
and study grants;
(e) The same opportunities
for access to programmes
of continuing education
especially aimed at reducing
gender gap in education;
(f) Reduction in female
student drop-out rates;
(g) The same opportunities
to participate actively
in sports and physical
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(d) equal pay for equal work for both men and women;
(e) the health and strength of workers, men and women, are not
forced by economic necessity to enter avocations.
9. A. 42: The State shall make provisions for securing just and
humane conditions of work and for maternity relief.11
LEGISLATIONS:
1.
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE),
2009:
a) S. 3: Government to provide free and compulsory elementary
education from age group of 6-14 years to each child including
textbooks, uniforms, stationery items and special educational
material for children with disabilities in order to reduce the burden of
school expenses as stated under Rule 4.12
b) S. 17: Prohibits all kinds of physical punishment and mental
harassment.13
2.
The National Commission for Women Act, 1990:
a) S.10(h): undertake promotional and educational research so
as to suggest ways of ensuring due representation of women in all
spheres.14
3.
Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act (ISMWA), 1979:
a)
S. 13: Provides that two workmen doing the same or similar kind
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Gaps in the
implementation of
CEDAW in India (G)
and its corresponding
recommendations (R)
of education is higher.
[CEDAW A. 10(a) and (d)]
R2: Higher enrolment
of girls/ women in
technical education/
professional programmes
can be ensured by taking
affirmative actions
including scholarships to
the girls/women students.
G3: Schemes related
to education of girls
sometimes have clauses
which indirectly uphold
or foster patriarchy.
Schemes linking with
age/marriage promote a
role expectation for girls
with regard to marriage.
(Sukanya Samriddhi
Yojana) [CEDAW A. 10]
R3: The welfare schemes
should be gender neutral
and there should not be
any conditional clause
regarding marriage of the