Equality Now! Series

Ongoing | Disability Rights, Discrimination & Intersectionality, Gender & Sexuality, Transgender Rights | 2024-2025

CLPR in partnership with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany has developed the Equality Now! book series comprising four resource books, each focusing on a critical area of social justice: disability rights, caste discrimination, transgender rights, and women’s rights. The books aim to make rights-based jurisprudence accessible to marginalised communities, legal practitioners, and activists, bridging the gap between legal theory and practice.

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The Equality Now! series makes accessible complex court decisions through concise and easy to read summaries, providing the activists an effective advocacy tool, increasing awareness among students and the larger community, and serving as a ready reckoner for legal practitioners, judges and other authorities involved in implementing the law. The books highlight the key judgments that have shaped the legal discourse and made a significant impact on the rights of marginalised persons. The books are as follows:

 

  • Disability Justice: Court Decisions on Disability Rights in India
  • Why Caste Matters: Court Decisions on Caste Discrimination in India
  • Transforming Courts: Court Decisions on Transgender Persons’ Rights in India
  • Gendering Equality: Court Decisions on Women’s Rights in India

 

With the aim of making this process participatory and inclusive of the communities we seek to serve, CLPR conducted 4 National Consultations, one for each book, inviting feedback on our draft. The Consultations included leading community activists, academics, lawyers and experts in the field. The feedback received during these consultations was instrumental in shaping the structure and content of the books. To enhance accessibility, QR Codes linking to free and accessible versions of the judgments were incorporated, including screen-reader-friendly formats.

 

Our mission with these books extends beyond mere documentation; we aim to inspire future advocacy and policy reforms that can further advance the rights of marginalized groups. We believe that by providing these comprehensive resources, we empower a broader audience to engage with and uphold the principles of equality and justice.

 

The Equality Now! Series was made possible with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. Access to free versions of judgments was provided with support from Manupatra. Cracker & Rush contributed to the layout and design of the Resource Books.

People

Jayna Kothari

Executive Director

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Nithya Rajshekhar

Senior Research Associate

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Disha Chaudhari

Senior Research Associate

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Priya Chaudhary

Research Associate

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Naibedya Dash

Research Associate

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Anjana Rajsri Anand

Research Associate

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Recent Updates

Event Report | Book Launch of the ‘Equality Now!’ Series

December 19, 2024

CLPR launches "Equality Now!" - a series of four resource books on disability rights, transgender rights, women's rights, and caste discrimination featuring discussions with legal experts and community leaders on making rights-based jurisprudence more accessible. Read more here

Event Report | National Consultation on Resource Book on Caste Discrimination in India

November 23, 2024

On November 18th, the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) organised a National Consultation... Read more here

Event Report | National Consultation on Resource Book on Women’s Rights Judgments in India

October 29, 2024

CLPR recently organised a National Consultation on the Resource Book on Women’s Rights Judgments in India with the aim of making landmark women's rights judgments accessible to communities, legal practitioners, researchers and activists. Read more here

Event Report | National Consultation on its Draft Resource Book ‘Transforming Courts: Courts Decisions on Transgender Rights in India’

September 17, 2024

The consultation brought together leading transgender rights activists, academics, and lawyers to gather their feedback and inputs on the first draft of the book "Transforming Courts: Courts Decisions on Transgender Rights in India". Read more here

Event Report | National Consultation on its Draft Resource Book on Disability Rights Judgments in India

July 16, 2024

On 13th July we had a national consultation on our draft 'Resource Book on Judgments on Disability Rights', at the Indian International Centre, New Delhi. Prominent disability rights experts, lawyers, academics, and activists contributed their valuable inputs to the on the draft. Read more here

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