Gender neutrality Archives

[Gender Neutrality] Delhi High Court sets aside order discharging female accused persons without any reasonable basis

Writing a judicial order in a careless fashion and making presumptions based on gender does not reflect well on the judicial philosophy of treating all genders equally. Any presumption based on gender has no place within our justice delivery system unless provided by law.

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[Recognition of Same-sex Marriage] | Supreme Court of Nepal orders Government to recognize same-sex foreign spouse of a Nepalese citizen

The Government was directed to consider the Report made by an expert panel in 2015 which had recommended recognition of same-sex relationships.

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Termination of a Swiss national's widower's pension: ECHR finds no weighty and convincing reasons for such differential treatment on grounds of gender

“References to traditions, general assumptions or prevailing social attitudes in a particular country are insufficient justification for a difference in treatment on grounds of sex, whether in favour of women or men”

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Legal Safeguards for Transgenders from Sexual Offences: The Need of the Hour

by Charvi Devprakash†

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Should Sexual Offences be Gender Neutral

by Kerti Sharma and Shipra Tiwari*