Gender Justice and Feminist Jurisprudence

Unit 1 — Introduction

1. Understanding the concept of Gender justice · 2. Notions of sex and gender · 3. Deconstructing Sex and Gender · 4. Indicators of Status: Difference in – · Life expectancy, female foeticide, control over property, working conditions, symbolic representation, one’s body, daily lifestyles, and reproductive processes.

Unit 2 — Patriarchy and Feminist Jurisprudence

1. The notion of Patriarchy · 2. Sameness and difference debate · 3. Liberal feminism · 4. Radical feminism · 5. Socialist/Marxist feminist approaches · 6. Growth of feminism and Feminist Jurisprudence · Impact and Contribution of Feministic Jurisprudence

• Feminist legal theory

Unit 3 — International Instruments on Gender Justice

1. Convention on the political rights of women · 2. Convention of Elimination of all kinds of discrimination against Women, 1979 · 3. Convention on traffic in women and children, 1949 · 4. Recommendation of WTO on sex-oriented Tourism. · 5. UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Human Rights, · Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 2011 · Human Rights Council Resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity (2014)

• Position of Women under International instruments — Salient features of Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and optional protocols to the Convention

Unit 4 — Sexuality and Morality in Law

1. Rape Laws · 2. Adultery · 3. Immoral Traffic Prevention Act 1956 · 4. Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 · 5. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Rights of LGBTQ++ · 6. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019

• Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986
• Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
• Criminal Laws and Women
• Human Rights: LGBT, Refugees and Aliens

Unit 5 — Economic Empowerment of Women and Law

1. Labour Laws: · a. Gender protective laws · b. Gender neutral laws · c. Gender corrective laws · 2. Protection against Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

• Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, 2013
• Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Factories Act, 1948
• Maternity Benefit

Unit 6 — Reproductive Rights

1. Offences relating to unborn child and miscarriage · 2. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 · 3. Maternity Benefits Act, 1964 · 4. Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, · 1994

• 2.1Pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 and Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
• Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Factories Act, 1948