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Gender justice assumes special significance in the present times. The world can march forward only if the women are made equal partners in the development process. The protection and promotion of women’s rights needs to be made a way of life. Crime against women should not be tolerated. Laws protecting and promoting the interests of women needs to be widely circulated and effectively implemented. Most importantly the society needs to change its outlook towards women.

The book deals with the Constitutional provisions dealing with women, property rights of women, right to maintenance, adoption and guardianship rights of women, health and education of women, labour laws and women workers, the different problems relating to women like domestic violence, sexual harassment at workplace, trafficking and prostitution, female foeticide, child marriages, etc. The book has made a detailed social and legal study of the above mentioned topics.

This book will be a valuable guide for students, academicians judicial officers and researchers.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Constitutional provisions and gender justice. 3. Domestic violence. 4. Adoption and guardianship. 5. Property rights of women. 6. Maintenance of wife. 7. Child marriages. 8. Trafficking and prostitution. 9. Female foeticide. 10. Sexual harassment of women at workplace. 11. Legislative safeguards for working women. 12. Women and health. 13. Women and education. Index.