Gender Justice in India : During Pre-Independence Era /

Jayanthy E

Gender Justice in India : During Pre-Independence Era / E.Jayanthy - India : MJP Publishers , 2023. - 132p. : ill ;

1. Introduction
2. Socio-Political Climate of The Madras Presidency during The Early Period of 20th Century
3. Abolition of Devadasi System
4. Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929 - its Implementation and Success
5. Prostitution - Laws Relating to The Abolition of Prostitution 6. Conclusion

It can be said that in India, the word “Gender Justice”, as a pre-inde­pendence concept, was not in vogue in the 19th or 20th century. Though the concept had not evolved in the real sense of the term, there prevailed a consciousness about it among the social reformers of the day. In fact several issues pertaining to women such as child marriage, early widowhood, and inequality of treat­ment in social life were treated as social problems. In order to root out the evils reformative measures were brought in gradu­ally. These social reform measures formed the basis for the author to write this bookon Gender Justice.

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India—Social conditions—19th century
Women’s rights—India

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