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प्रश्न
Discuss any three gender-related issues. Briefly mention the bills and amendments to deal with them.
उत्तर
Gender-related issues that society is facing include:
- Gender discrimination.
- Female infanticide/feticide.
- Dowry harassment.
- Violence against women-rape/sexual harassment/honour killing/acid attacks.
- Discrimination in Female education. Bills and Amendments relating to gender-related issues :
- Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929.
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1959/1961.
- Indecent Representation of Woman (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
- The Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994.
- The Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
- Sexual Harassment Bill, 2012.
- The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013
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