GS Paper 1: Syllabus: Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues. Raising marriage age of women: Context: The India Child Protection Forum [ICPF] has opposed the move to raise the marriage age of women. ICPF is an umbrella body of child rights organisations launched by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi. It recently …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Parliament and state legislatures- functioning. Raising legal age of marriage for women: Context: The Parliamentary Standing Committee tasked to study the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the age of marriage for women to 21 from 18 years, met recently. The Standing Committee was …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and associated issues. Context: The Philippines has raised its age of sexual consent from 12 years to 16 years. The law is gender-neutral and applies to both male and female children and offenders. Until now, it had one of the lowest ages of consent in the world, …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Parliament and state legislatures- functioning. House panel Context: Lok Sabha has sent the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks to raise the age of marriage for women to 21 to a standing committee. Rationale behind the legislation: The age of marriage should be uniformly applicable …
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GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Issues related to women. Context: The Cabinet has decided to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21. This decision is based on the recommendation of a panel led by Jaya Jaitly. Task force: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech last year …
