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The importance of child welfare cannot be over-emphasised since the growth and development of any society is heavily dependent on the health and well-being of its children. This awareness on an international scale led to the emergence of the concept of children's rights which culminated in the adoption in 1989, of the UN convention on the rights of the child. Even though all South Asian countries ratified this convention immediately, there is as yet little ...
Violence against women is a manifest and incontrovertible fact in South Asia. Deep-rooted biases against women, derived from patriarchal and stereotypical attitudes, continue to have a very negative impact on women's lives. The problems that women face range from domestic violence, sexual violence and dowry related violence to violence and harassment in the workplace, and violence connected with discriminatory inheritance rights, low social status and economic ...