Abstract

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which declared human rights as being universal and inalienable, adopted an all-inclusive, evenhanded and gender-neutral approach. However, despite the rhetoric of gender neutrality, women found their rights being excluded from the larger sphere of human rights when it came to actual implementation of their rights. It is since the end of Second World War that the advancement and protection of the rights of women has become a major concern of the international community. The discourse of human rights has undergone a qualitative change with the acknowledgement and acceptance of women�s rights as an integral part of the concept of human rights. Not only in the international sphere, but also in the national front, various efforts have been undertaken in order to protect and promote the rights of women as per the international guidelines. This paper is an attempt to highlight the provisions incorporated in the Indian Constitution that aim at protecting the rights of women and also to explore the various undertakings at the national level in pursuance of these provisions

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