Women and Criminal Law

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”. 
    Women who constitute half of the population did not enjoy the equal amount of rights as heir men do. From the initiation of humanity into the earth, women were given out a lower treatment. They are bounded and blinded and by the chains of society, family, culture and so on… They continue to suffer due to unawareness of their rights, illiteracy and oppressive practices and customs. 
    In 1993, the Committee overseeing Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) implementation, adopted the General Recommendation 19, which challenged the form of discrimination that inhibits a woman’s ability to enjoy rights and freedom on a basis of equality with men. It directed the Governments to take this into consideration while reviewing their laws and policies.