Shalu Nigam

  Reimagining Everyday Justice through the Triad of Niti (policy), Nyaya (Justice), and Niyat (Will and Agency) 25 February 2023 http://mainstreamweekly.net/article13169.html by Shalu Nigam Scholars all over the world have defined `justice’ as a broad concept of righteousness, fairness and equity. However, justice has many dimensions and includes comprehending situations of injustices in everyday lives that need to be redressed. More so, from the perspective of the Global South, situations of injustices exist despite having well-written constitutions, laws, and policies, besides the existence of an expansive legal system and the administrative apparatus. Perhaps the governance system lacks the political will to enforce the constitutional values, laws, and policies in the true spirit in which they were framed. At times, numerous laws grant limited rights, also, the laws are being weaponized by the powerful. Therefore, what is required is a combination of elements to foster effective, ef

  We, the Women Warriors, are Unstoppable! November 27, 2019 https://16daysblogathon.blog/2019/11/27/we-the-women-warriors-are-unstoppable/ After a long wait, the  National Crime Record Bureau of India  has recently published its report pertaining to crimes in India  in 2017. According to this report, 104,551 cases have been filed under  section 498A IPC , a criminal law dealing with `cruelty’ against married women by their husbands and in-laws. A further 7,466 cases have been registered under  section 304B , which pertains to dowry deaths, while 10,189 cases have been registered under the  Dowry Prohibition Act ,  a law that bans the giving and taking of dowry. In addition, 5,282 cases have been registered for abetment of suicide among women and 616 cases have been registered under the  Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence Act ,  for breaching the civil orders granted under this law in favor of the victims of domestic violence. The  NCRB  report further indicates that the con

  From the Margins: Revisiting the Concept of `Marginalized Women’ 03 September, 2014 A few days back, I attended a seminar on `Violence Against Marginalized Women and Gender Justice’. The seminar discussed issues relating to various subgroups within the category `women’ like widows, Dalit women, tribal women, refugee women, and so on and so forth. The deliberations made me think as to who constitutes `marginalized women’ when `women’ being women are marginalized in the patriarchal world. Women as a `category’ or as a `group’ in comparison to `men’ have been relegated to margins due to systemic and structural discrimination within society. Women, irrespective of their hierarchical status, ranking or background, face violence within public and private spaces, they are being doubly discriminated against and denied of basic rights and are often oppressed by norms, culture and customs in a male-dominated world where capitalism and globalization commodify and objectify women. Considering th