Women Rights In Developing Countries: Issues And Challenges Women And Personal Laws

Mihir Chandra, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, School of Legal Studies

ABSTRACT

In India, there are several religious communities. Every religion has its own rules and beliefs. Because of this, there have been many laws in which people are guided by certain actions. These personal laws include the concept of marriage and divorce, commitment and, put the barrier on marriage the relationship between caregivers and children, marital rights, and the right to live with a child.

In personal laws, women's status is frail this is to say that they have fewer less right when compared them to men. It is worrying because there is so much discrimination against women through these human laws. Although there are many laws which will bring justice to women. for example, the “Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005” was passed to make “women equal as sons but still in terms of rights women have fewer rights than men because of strict personal laws”.

In Islamic law, the Quran is considered to be the main source of the word of God according to Islam. In terms of marriage age, “there is no limit to marriage”. It comes down to puberty which means that once a girl has grown up she is eligible for marriage. In a Sunni marriage, it is said that two male or one male spectator but two female observers are required to be present to acknowledge the inequality of Islamic sexuality in the Islamic law because the status of one man is equal to two women. very discriminatory. Under Christian law, the divorce period is relatively high compared with other religious laws. Females of this era want to stand shoulder to shoulder in the same way that men are treated. It can only be done by creating a common social code that will promote gender equality and human rights in a positive way throughout the country.

Keywords: Rights for women, Personal laws, Uniform civil code