Publications

Title : Domestic Violence And Law: Report of Colloquium on Justice for Women-Empowerment Through Law Year of Publication : 2000 Publisher's Details : Butterworths India Translation : N.A.

While recognizing the importance of the crime of violence against women, the Lawyer's Collective felt that there was an urgent need to initiate a debate on the relevance of civil law for domestic violence. Towards this end, a Colloquium was organized in May 2000, in an attempt to bring together activists, members of the judiciary and concerned women's groups to discuss the issue. What emerged was a consensus on the need for a new civil law to protect women in violent situations.

Title : From the Abnormal to The Normal : Preventing Sex Selective Abortions Through the Law Year of Publication : 2007 Publisher's Details : N. A Translation : N.A.

The Census 2001 recorded a decline in overall sex ratios and an alarming decline in juvenile sex ratios to the disadvantage of the girl child. Declining numbers of females in the population poses a threat to women's rights to equality and autonomy exacerbating existing inequalities.

Title : Walking the Path of Justice: A legal manual for paralegals (Nyaya-Pathiks) in Gujarat Year of Publication : 2006 Publisher's Details : N.A. Translation : N.A.

The struggle for justice for the survivors of the 2002 massacre in Gujarat has no doubt to be fought in the courts, judicial and human rights commissions, the parliament and legislature. But most importantly of all, it has to be fought by the people themselves, in the places they live and work, and in their hearts and minds. This is a fight against fear and hate. It is a struggle for equal rights before the law, regardless of one's faith, caste, class or gender. It is a battle against forgetting. If justice is not done this time, then fear and hate will win decisively, and the secular foundations of India will be threatened as never before.