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Can you list one process that was used to make more people aware of the need for this law?

There are many processes that are using in the presently for awaking the society. Women based groups specially by protesting and agitation highlights this with the help of media and newspapers.


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The word ‘arbitrary’ has been used earlier in this book and you’ve read what the word means in the Glossary of Chapter 1. The word ‘sedition’ has been included in the Glossary of this chapter. Read the Glossary descriptions of both words and then answer the following questions:

(i) State one reason why you think the Sedition Act of 1870 was arbitrary? In what ways does the Sedition Act of 1870 contradict the rule of law?

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What do you understand by ‘domestic violence’? List the two rights that the new law helped achieve for women who are survivors of violence.

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From the above storyboard, can you list two different ways in which people lobbied Parliament?

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In the following poster, what do you understand by the phrase ‘Equal Relationships are Violence Free’?