This book describes the lack of attention to the human rights of women and indicates a range of issues where equal rights for women are still denied. The human rights of women as workers, prisoners should be (but more often are not), equal to those of male workers, prisoners. The gender gap between the recognition and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedom is the main theme of this book. One specific purpose of this book is to provide women with information about those areas of law which are most likely to affect their lives. The book is divided into 14 chapters and deals with sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence, custodial violence, dowry deaths, prisoner’s human rights, women in prostitution, children in prostitution, women’s right to property, etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lina Gonsalves
Lina Gonsalves is a Lawyer by profession. Her untiring advocacy tempered with effective research work has brought up very difficult issues of gender discrimination before the court through the medium of public interest litigation. In 1991 she was awarded scholarship by the International Development Research Centre and was at St. Mary's University, Canada to do a research project on gender and development. She has written extensively on issues related to women and has authored two books "Women and the Law" and "Rape". In all her writing she tries to examine and review the law and make it more gender sensitive. In 1997 she received recognition award from International Federation of University Women (Geneva) to do a study course in family law and criminal justice system. In January 1999 she was appointed by the National Commission fcr Women to work on the project on amendment of laws concerning rape. In 2000 she was awarded scholarship from Canadian Human Rights Foundation to do a study course on International Law on Human Rights. In July 2000 she was at High Commission Office for Human Rights, Geneva and met the committee on torture to examine the need to redefine the law on rape.
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