Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?

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Autor(a) principal: Monteiro, Pearl
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10437/13203
Resumo: The age-old prejudice of misogyny is still retained in insidious form even in legislations. There are numerous international conventions, as well as Constitutional provisions which claim to set man and woman on an equal plane. In India, one legislative sphere which prima facie appears to perpetuate the gender divide are the personal laws. In India, except for the State of Goa, personal matters are determined on the basis of religion. Different religions follow different laws, but what is common to them all, is the secondary position accorded to women. This paper discusses the international provisions dealing with equal human rights such as, Charter of the United Nations, 1945, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1948, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 and The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The paper elaborates on the Constitutional provisions providing for equality as well investigates whether the personal law provisions applicable to the Hindu, Muslim, and Christian women dealing with marriage, divorce, guardianship, and inheritance are discriminatory and misogynistic in nature. The paper studies the laws from date of enactment till the present day. The method of study is doctrinal. As a road map or suggestion, the analogous provisions of the Uniform Civil Code in Goa are highlighted. Judicial precedents are cited, suggestions are put forward.
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spelling Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?DIREITODIREITO CONSTITUCIONALDIREITOS FUNDAMENTAISDIREITOS HUMANOSIGUALDADE DE GÉNEROSLAWCONSTITUTIONAL LAWFUNDAMENTAL RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTSGENDER EQUALITYThe age-old prejudice of misogyny is still retained in insidious form even in legislations. There are numerous international conventions, as well as Constitutional provisions which claim to set man and woman on an equal plane. In India, one legislative sphere which prima facie appears to perpetuate the gender divide are the personal laws. In India, except for the State of Goa, personal matters are determined on the basis of religion. Different religions follow different laws, but what is common to them all, is the secondary position accorded to women. This paper discusses the international provisions dealing with equal human rights such as, Charter of the United Nations, 1945, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1948, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 and The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The paper elaborates on the Constitutional provisions providing for equality as well investigates whether the personal law provisions applicable to the Hindu, Muslim, and Christian women dealing with marriage, divorce, guardianship, and inheritance are discriminatory and misogynistic in nature. The paper studies the laws from date of enactment till the present day. The method of study is doctrinal. As a road map or suggestion, the analogous provisions of the Uniform Civil Code in Goa are highlighted. Judicial precedents are cited, suggestions are put forward.Edições Universitárias Lusófonas2022-10-31T09:47:48Z2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10437/13203eng2795-5257Monteiro, Pearlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-17T01:31:46Zoai:recil.ensinolusofona.pt:10437/13203Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:11:06.914455Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?
spellingShingle Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?
Monteiro, Pearl
DIREITO
DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL
DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS
DIREITOS HUMANOS
IGUALDADE DE GÉNEROS
LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS
GENDER EQUALITY
title_short Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?
title_full Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?
title_fullStr Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?
title_full_unstemmed Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?
title_sort Misogyny: Are Personal Laws Androcentric?
author Monteiro, Pearl
author_facet Monteiro, Pearl
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Monteiro, Pearl
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv DIREITO
DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL
DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS
DIREITOS HUMANOS
IGUALDADE DE GÉNEROS
LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS
GENDER EQUALITY
topic DIREITO
DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL
DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS
DIREITOS HUMANOS
IGUALDADE DE GÉNEROS
LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS
GENDER EQUALITY
description The age-old prejudice of misogyny is still retained in insidious form even in legislations. There are numerous international conventions, as well as Constitutional provisions which claim to set man and woman on an equal plane. In India, one legislative sphere which prima facie appears to perpetuate the gender divide are the personal laws. In India, except for the State of Goa, personal matters are determined on the basis of religion. Different religions follow different laws, but what is common to them all, is the secondary position accorded to women. This paper discusses the international provisions dealing with equal human rights such as, Charter of the United Nations, 1945, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1948, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 and The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The paper elaborates on the Constitutional provisions providing for equality as well investigates whether the personal law provisions applicable to the Hindu, Muslim, and Christian women dealing with marriage, divorce, guardianship, and inheritance are discriminatory and misogynistic in nature. The paper studies the laws from date of enactment till the present day. The method of study is doctrinal. As a road map or suggestion, the analogous provisions of the Uniform Civil Code in Goa are highlighted. Judicial precedents are cited, suggestions are put forward.
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