The CLPR presented the Draft Background Paper and Bill to Address Discrimination Against Widows and Single Women at a consultation held on 27th September 2025 at St. Joseph’s College, Trichy. The event was organised by the Kalangarai Social Animation Centre, Nagapattinam and Kaimpengal Matturum Atharavatra Pengal Nala Sangam- Tamil Nadu, and brought together widows’ groups, activists, academics, and legal experts to discuss the urgent need for dedicated legislation protecting widows and single women from systemic discrimination in Tamil Nadu.
On 19th July 2025, CLPR, in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, held a state-level consultation on the re-survey and rehabilitation of Devadasi women and their families at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. The consultation brought together over 45 Devadasi women and their children from 14 districts of Karnataka, including Koppala, Raichur, Bellary, Bagalkot, Yadgir, Kalaburagi, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag, Davanagere, Chitradurga, and Vijayanagara.
Centre for Law and Policy Research organised a consultation to discuss policy brief on reservation for transgender persons in employment and education, as directed by NALSA. It also discussed preliminary findings of a research on caste discrimination CLPR worked on.
