Why Legal Reform is Insufficient to Ensure Sexual Equality. Issue 1 (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Misra, Geetanjali; Ferdous, Nafisa
• Is Part Of: Development. Volume 60:Issue 1/2(2017)
• Page Start: 96
• Page End: 99
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: Legal reform -- Sexual rights -- Decriminalization -- Social movements -- India -- VAW; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Periodicals; 338.91
• DOI: 10.1057/s41301-017-0133-6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1011-6370

Abstract

Abstract The history of decriminalization and other sexual rights struggles as they intersect with legal reform was highlighted in the 2016 AWID Forum. This article takes three case studies from India spanning the movement to decriminalize homosexuality, the violence against women movement and the sex workers rights movement to explore the relationship between cultural change and legal reform.