Date: May 15th 2019
Venue: Guruswamy Centre,
10-2-277, B.E. West, West Marredpally Road, Nehru Nagar Colony, Telangana 500026

Despite having equality guarantees under the Constitution and other legislation, many marginalized groups and persons face severe discrimination in India. Several identities are not included within the Constitutional equality guarantee. Existing legislation on caste, disability and gender do not address discrimination in the private sector, do not provide civil remedies adequately, nor do they address intersectional discrimination.

Learning from previous efforts to draft anti-discrimination legislation in India, CLPR’s draft Equality Bill 2019 takes a new step in addressing discrimination experienced by people on the basis of caste, gender, religion, transgender and intersex identity, disability and other grounds. It aims to promote equality, prohibit different types of discriminatory conduct, provide adequate civil remedies and set up fora for redressal that are accessible and effective in addressing discrimination.

Through this consultation, we hope to get critical feedback on the text of the Equality Bill. We hope to learn from experiences of civil society organisations and activists who routinely tackle different forms of discrimination and incorporate key insights into the draft.

CONSULTATION AGENDA