write an article on descrimination in socity.?
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Gender discrimination in India means health, education, economic and political discrimination b/w men and women. Today our country offers a lot of opportunities to women with women having a voice in everyday life, the business world as well as in political life.
Nevertheless India is still a male dominated country, where women are often seen as subordinate and inferior to men. Even though India is moving away from the male dominated culture, discrimination is still highly visible in rural as well as in urban areas, throughout each and every strata of society.While women are guaranteed equality under the Constitution, legal protection has a limited effect where partriarchal tradition prevail.
According to Global Gap Report released by World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2015, India was ranked 108 on the gender gap scale among 145 countries. When broken down into components of gender gap, India performs well on political empowerment, but it scored bad on sex selective abortion.
India also scored poorly on overall literary and health rankings of female. India with a 2015 ranking of 108 had an overall score of 0.664 while Iceland topped the list with an overall score 0.887
Various protective legislations have been passed by the Parliament to eliminate exploitation of women and to give them equal status in society. The government of India has taken steps and passed various acts to ensure gender equality in the country.
Hindu Succession Act (1956),. They Dowry Prohibition Act (1961), The DC and PNDT Act (2002), 33% of seats in Panchayat for women. The sexual harrassment of women at work place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 are some laws to protect the interest of women in our society.
Further government has launched some schemes like, 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' 'Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya' 'Mother and Child Tracking System', The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojna etc to lessen the gender discrimination.
We hope that our democratic government would be able to find solution to the problem of gender discrimination and would take us all towards the cherished dream of a truly modern society in both thought and action.
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Article 14 requires that all of the rights and freedoms set out in the Act must be protected and applied without discrimination
Discrimination occurs when you are treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation and this treatment cannot be objectively and reasonably justified. Discrimination can also occur if you are disadvantaged by being treated the same as another person when your circumstances are different (for example if you are disabled or pregnant).
It is important to understand that the Human Rights Act does not protect you from discrimination in all areas of your life – there are other laws that offer more general protection, such as the Equality Act 2010.
What the Act does do is protect you from discrimination in the enjoyment of those human rights set out in the European Convention of Human Rights. Article 14 is based on the core principle that all of us, no matter who we are, enjoy the same human rights and should have equal access to them.
The protection against discrimination in the Human Rights Act is not ‘free-standing’. To rely on this right, you must show that discrimination has affected your enjoyment of one or more of the other rights in the Act. However, you do not need to prove that this other human right has actually been breached.
What type of discrimination does the Act protect you from?
The Human Rights Act makes it illegal to discriminate on a wide range of grounds including ‘sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status’.
The case law relating to this right has shown that the term ‘other status’ includes sexual orientation, illegitimacy, marital status, trade union membership, transsexual status and imprisonment. It can also be used to challenge discrimination on the basis of age or disability.
Does the right cover indirect discrimination?
The courts have also ruled that the human rights protection from discrimination includes indirect discrimination. This occurs when a rule or policy, supposedly applying to everyone equally, actually works to the disadvantage of one or more groups. For example, a requirement that all employees be over six feet tall may be indirect discrimination. Women and some disabled people will be disadvantaged and to be justified this would need to be a strict requirement for the job.
Using this right - example
A gay couple successfully used the anti-discrimination protection in the Act to receive the same treatment as a heterosexual couple in relation to the rules on the inheritance of the tenancy of a property.
What the law says
This text is taken directly from the Human Rights Act.