3-Day National Seminar on Reproductive Rights of Women by GLC Thiruvananthapuram [Mar 9-11]: Submit by March 4th

Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram stands proud in the brilliance of a thousand legal suns, risen from its stellar existence of over a hundred and forty-five years. The institution which was the brain-child of the Maharaja of Travancore was conceived on 31 st January 1875 and has successfully carved out a golden niche in the legal fraternity of this country.

About the seminar

Government Law College Thiruvananthapuram is organizing a three-day National Seminar on the topic ‘Reproductive Rights of Women: Issues and Concerns’ from 9th to 11th March 2021.

Overview

Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health. Reproductive rights are an essential element for the enjoyment of women’s rights, without which they cannot enjoy full equality. Women should have the ability to control decisions pertaining to their reproductive health as it is necessary to control their own destiny. Personal autonomy in matters of reproduction and reproductive rights is very important in an open society.

However, there are instances where women do not have the right to make decisions affecting their reproductive health. Instead, some others decide whether and when a woman should or should not have children. She has no control over the path her life will take. Everyone except the woman herself is able to decide what is in her best interest. She either is too young, incompetent, or too poor to decide whether to end a pregnancy or have a child.

Women can control their reproductive destiny only when reproductive rights are acknowledged as human rights. Hence it is essential to protect and defend reproductive rights. Without reproductive rights, women will never experience the basic right to life, liberty, and freedom. The right to choose reproductive rights is also important to women’s socioeconomic well-being and overall health.

In this backdrop, Government Law college Thiruvananthapuram is organizing a three-day National Seminar on the topic ‘Reproductive Rights of Women: Issues and Concerns’ from 9th to 11th March 2021.

Venue

The event will take place Online due to the Covid-19 constraints.

Call for Papers

Research papers are invited from academicians, researchers, students, and other persons interested in the broad themes given below.

Thematic Break up

Reproductive Rights of Women: Human Rights Perspective
Reproductive Rights: National and International Perspectives
Reproductive autonomy v. Abortion, surrogacy, ART treatments, Family planning
Reproductive Rights of Women vis-a-vis Right to Health
Reproductive Rights and Indian Courts

Submission Guidelines

Full papers must be submitted electronically via email to seminarglctvpm2021
The abstract and full paper must be submitted only in Microsoft WORD format
The abstract shall be within 350 words.
The abstract must also contain the following details as Title of the Paper, Theme of the Paper, Name of the Author, University/ Institution/ Organization, EmailAddress, and Mobile Number.
The full paper should be between 3500 – 4000 words (excluding the footnotes)
The main text should be in Times New Roman with font size 12 and spacing of 1.5.
All references must be in the form of footnotes. The footnotes should be in Bluebook 20th Edition Format.
Footnote size, Times New Roman, font size 10 with single spacing.
Co-authorship is allowed only up to two authors.
All entries must be original and unpublished work of the author(s) and should not have been submitted for publication/published elsewhere in any form. Any sort of plagiarism will not be entertained.
E Certificate will be provided to all paper presentations