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A woman's rights,
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Home, workplace, street and screen — the protections written specifically for women, and the one number that works in every state. No shame, no waiting, no permission needed.
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Women's helpline —
one call, any state
one call, any state
2013POSH Act in force
26wkPaid maternity leave
498ACruelty → BNS §85
1091Police women's line
Six laws that redrew the line
1961
Dowry Prohibition
Giving or taking dowry made a punishable offence.
1997
Vishaka guidelines
SC lays the first rules against workplace sexual harassment.
2005
PWDVA
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act — civil remedies.
2013
POSH + Nirbhaya
Workplace harassment law + tougher criminal code on assault.
2017
Maternity 26 wks
Paid maternity leave nearly doubled; crèche mandate.
2023
BNS codes
New criminal codes carry forward and rename women-safety offences.
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Every snap in this journey, as a list · 103
- Zero FIR
- Cruelty → BNS §85
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- Internal Committee (ICC)
- Filing within 3 months
- 90-day inquiry timeline
- Anti-retaliation protection
- Conciliation option
- Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA)
- Protection order
- Right to residence
- Monetary relief
- Protection Officer
- Dowry Prohibition Act
- Streedhan recovery
- Dowry death
- Anti-harassment FIR
- Maternity Benefit Act
- 26 weeks paid leave
- No termination in pregnancy
- Crèche facility
- Adoption & surrogacy leave
- Cyberstalking
- Voyeurism
- Sharing private images
- Acid-attack provisions
- Outraging modesty
- Zero FIR (any station)
- Woman police officer
- Statement recorded at home
- No arrest after sunset (rule)
- In-camera trial
- Daughters' Equal Rights
- Hindu Succession Act
- Streedhan ownership
- Widow's share
- Right to matrimonial home
- Sakhi One-Stop Centre
- Free Legal Aid — Who Qualifies
- Shelter & rehabilitation
- NALSA legal services
- Counselling & medical aid
- Women's Reservation Act 2023
- Right to maintenance
- Marital rape — where the law stands
- Triple talaq ban
- Maintenance for Muslim women (2024)
- Abortion — your right (MTP)
- Confidentiality in abortion care
- Sex selection is banned (PCPNDT)
- Consent to medical treatment
- Non-consensual intimate images
- Deepfakes & morphing
- Sextortion — don't pay, report
- Getting content taken down
- Registering your marriage
- Divorce — your options
- Maintenance & alimony (§125 BNSS)
- Child custody & the mother
- Live-in relationships & the law
- The right to marry your choice
- Keeping your name & identity
- Uttarakhand UCC — what changed (2025)
- POSH & the SHe-Box portal (2024)
- Night shifts & every-sector work
- Safety on public transport
- Women in the armed forces
- Streedhan & Women's Property
- Women's helpline — 1091 / 181
- Filing an FIR
- Women's Arrest Safeguards
- Victim Compensation Scheme
- Menstrual Leave
- PM Matru Vandana (Maternity)
- Equal pay (no gender gap)
- Legal Aid (NALSA)
- Women's Right to Reside
- Reporting cruelty
- Harassment
- POSH Act — Sexual Harassment
- When flirting becomes harassment
- Workplace harassment & POSH online
- Doxxing & Cyberstalking
- Revenge content & NCII
- Sextortion & blackmail
- Daughters' Equal Property Rights
- Making a Valid Will
- Nomination vs Succession
- MTP Act — Abortion Rights
- Mental healthcare is your right
- Live-in protections
- SC marriage decision
- Women's Cash-Transfer Schemes
- Marriage Registration
- Special Marriage Act
- Grounds for Divorce
- Child Custody & Guardianship
- Maintenance under §125 BNSS
- Commuter Safety
- Women helpline 1091 / 181
- Deepfakes & Morphed Content
- Content-takedown escalation
- Reporting on cybercrime.gov.in
