Shalu Nigam

  “The law is a site where marginalization is challenged and resisted by those who are subjugated. On the one hand, the law reinforces the patriarchal discourse, yet on the other hand, it has the authority to set out the social order. Women and  marginalized groups have used the law to challenge the hierarchy and dominant notions.”   Shalu Nigam  In an online session on Law and Our Daily Lives @  LPPYF- Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship, a two-month online immersive legal awareness & action research certificate training course and internship program, on 14 th  June 2023.  Session Report Priyanka Negi LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship  is an Online National Summer School Program, a Two- Month Online Immersive Legal Awareness & Action Research Certificate Training Course and Internship Program, from June-August 2023 by  IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute . An informative and interactive panel discussion on “ International Human Rights ”  was held on the 14

  Universal Declaration of Human Rights and South Asian Women 5/10/2020 Abstract The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 1948 is a basic and significant document. It is not only about indivisible, inalienable, basic human rights. Several people in South Asia discredit human rights as a foreign, Eurocentric, or Western and male concept, however, in contradiction, this piece argues that firstly, human rights as proclaimed in the UDHR is a universal concept. It is the collective aspirations of people the world over. UDHR is about the emergence of a new world order. Secondly, non-western women, including those from South Asia played a crucial role in shaping the framework of UDHR. Therefore, dismissing human rights as `foreign’ involves denial of the important role delegates from the Third World have played. This piece asserts that the idea of UDHR is a legacy owned jointly by all nations, shaped by people belonging to different countries, and belongs jointly to the people of the