Gender related issues that society is facing include:
• Gender discrimination.
• Female infanticide/feticide.
• Dowry harassment.
• Violence against women-rape/sexual harassment/honour killing/acid attacks.
• Discrimination in Female education.
Bills and Amendments relating to gender related issues :
• Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929.
• Dowry Prohibition Act, 1959/1961.
• Indecent Representation of Woman (Prohibition) Act, 1986.
• The Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex selection) Act, 1994.
• The Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
• Sexual Harassment Bill, 2012.
• The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013
