The issues and questions revolving around women’s condition and position nationally and globally have always been analytical and critical to the human rights issues involved.
The Charter of United Nations Organization 1945 and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1945 are the two most basic bodies involved in the various issues regarding the human rights aspects and the emphasis is also on the women empowerment. The ICCPR and the ICESCR are the documents enshrined on the same fundamentals.
Referring to the Indian Constitution there are various articles which are women empowerment centric. Article 14 which ensure equality before law for women followed by articles 15 and 16 which prohibits discrimination on various grounds one of the grounds being sex in matters of any sorts of opportunity of employment. Article 15 clause (3) is ahead to mention that there may be special provisions in favor of women and that shall not be termed as a violation of equality as enshrined in Article 14. Articles 39(a) and 39(d) directs the State to make its policies to secure both men and women right to livelihood and guarantees equal pay for equal work respectively.
Since just and humane conditions is a very important facet of working labourers according to the various Labour Laws standards (ILO). It is mentioned in Article 42. Article 46 and 47 seeks to promote and protect the educational and economic interest of the people and to raise the level of nutrition and standard of living of the people.
Article 51(A)(e) talks about the spirit of brotherhood amongst all the people of the Country and vehemently obliterates any practices which are outrageous and derogatory to the women.
There are a plethora of other legislations which seek to promote the well being and welfare of the women of our society. In Indian Penal Code, 1860 there are serious punishments committed against the women and their modesty there has been an enactment of special legislation in our Nation to confer the highest regard and status to women which is a practice and custom in India since time immemorial. Special commissions such as National Commission for women 1992 and National Plan of Action for the Girl Child are a few examples where the Nation has taken an active step.
