MENSTRUAL HEALTH IN INDIA: A HALF-CONSTRUCTED ROAD
by- Ishita Shailesh and Shubham Gupta “Pandemic might end, periods will not!” INTRODUCTION The ongoing crisis of the unprecedented outbreak of pandemic has caused a severe loss to a major portion of...
View ArticlePROTECTING HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN INDIA: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND ‘STAT’...
by- Manvee Kumar Saidha INTRODUCTION The intangible offshoots of the pandemic – uncertainty, angst and fear – revealed a rather unflattering side of human nature. While these unprecedented times...
View ArticleTOWARDS BETTER MENTAL HEALTH FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, MORE EFFICIENT CONTROL...
By- Satvik Chaudhary Overview The virus SARS-COV-2 appeared first in the final quarter of 2019 allegedly, and it has been the cause of an omnipresent pandemic ever since. Its effects have been felt...
View ArticleUNFOLDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES...
By- Harsh Khanchandani & Inesh Bachheria INTRODUCTION In response to India’s ratification to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities[i], The Rights of Persons with...
View ArticleInclusion of the Excluded in 2020- Disability, National Education Policy and...
by- Salil Kumar Tripathy INTRODUCTION The education system in India has evolved in the past decade upon various dimensions such as improved infrastructure, increasing student count and new enrolments....
View ArticleGreen Signal to Ayurvedic Surgery: ‘Mixopathy’ or Medical Pluralism?
by- Kudrat Mann and Utkarsh Sharma Introduction At a time when the COVID graph is soaring high, the doctors of the country took to streets to protest against the Central Council of Indian Medicine’s...
View ArticleImportance of Mental Health from an International Human Rights Perspective
by- Siddharth Kohli Historically civil and political rights have inculcated rights like; right to life, right to a fair trial and judicial protection. These rights are also commonly termed as “First...
View ArticleExclusion of Excluded: Unvoiced Grievances of Children with Disabilities
by- Ujjawal Vaibhav Agrahari INTRODUCTION The world faced lockdown after the Corona outbreak, which brought challenges of unprecedented nature. Staying inside homes have become the new normal,...
View ArticleImpact of the Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act, 2018 on...
by- Jahnvi Sharma In this age of digitization, the world is witnessing a remarkable growth in information technology. However, the current legal regime has been unable to cope up with the rapid...
View ArticleFEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: A SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS OF ‘A CRIME THAT DOESN’T...
by- Bhavya Sharma and Hunar Malik Indian Context on a ‘crime that doesn’t exist’ UN has recently recognized the prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in India, however, Indian...
View ArticleTHE PLIGHT OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: REDEFINING GENERAL PERCEPTION
by- Jay Gajbhiye and Saransh Saxena INTRODUCTION In the modern progressive approaches adopted by various nations to enhance the developmental mechanism, throughout decades people have experienced...
View ArticleHATING THE MOST VULNERABLE: ANALYZING CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
by- Kaustubh Kumar & Hani Dipti INTRODUCTION Persons with Disabilities (PWD), being a vulnerable section of society, are most prone to disability stigma. There is a negative set of beliefs...
View ArticleThe Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016: An Opportunity to create...
by- Yashvardhan Ghosh & Tanisha Gautam The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 India after signing the “United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in...
View ArticleAbortion Rights of Female in India: A Step Forward or Backwards?
by- Vidhi Krishnan; Abortion from public standpoint has always been examined on the moral ground for being valid or not. When viewed from the legal perspective, in India, Article 21 grants right to...
View ArticlePROTECTING A FEMALE’S HEALTH THROUGH MENSTRUAL RELIEF BENEFITS: SUBSTANTIVE...
by- Abhigya Singh INTRODUCTION: EXISTENCE OF PERIOD POVERTY AND THE NEED TO MEET BASIC HYGIENE NEEDS FOR INCIPIENT PROGRESS “I just have to tough it out while being present for all the...
View ArticleMENTAL HEALTHCARE ACT, 2017: A BRIEF ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION: ‘Health’ as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” This...
View ArticleIndian Supreme Court and the Disability Rights – Critiquing the Underpinnings...
Introduction The Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud, has created a team to evaluate the “physical and functional access” of the top court’s facilities to make them accessible to people with...
View ArticleDISABILITY IN INDIA: POLICIES, BODIES AND SCHEMES
“People with disability do not need to be fixed; they need to be accepted for what they are” -Jordan Christian INTRODUCTION According to the World Health Organization about 1 in 6 people worldwide...
View ArticleMind Matters: The Case for Stronger Mental Health Legislation in India
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines ‘mental health as a state of well-being in which every individual realises their potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively...
View ArticleThe Debate on Menstrual Leave: Constitutional Views
In recent years, there has been a growing movement to implement menstrual leave policies in workplaces around the world. While some argue that menstrual leave is necessary to support the health and...
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