Kerala Women's code bill is a bill which recommends the welfare of women's and children.

We are providing the complete recommendations, description, features and details of Women's code bill presented by Justice V.R Krishna Iyer commission

Women's code bill is a new bill that may create many controversies in Kerala politics and religious associations. The bill was forwarded to Oommen Chandy, chief minister of Kerala by Justice V.R Krishna Iyer commission. The commission contains twelve members including V.R Krishna Iyer and the report contains 94 pages. The bill contains many recommendations which may create some movements in religious associations. Kerala Women's Code Bil Recommendations

The Women's code bill main agenda is to lift the living conditions of womens and children. The bill contains many recommendations to increase the welfare of womens. The main recommendation of women's code bill is limit the offspring by two. If a mother give birth to a third child then this child will not get any services from government. Moreover if any person or association tries to discourage this program they will be punished by giving fine of Rs. 1000 or imprisonment for 3 months. The Women's code bill also encourages abortion. The Women's code bill recommends free and healthy abortion in Government hospitals. The bill also recommends giving free medically safe contraceptives during marriage. Another important recommendation of Women's code bill is the facility to provide divorce outside the courts. It recommends a marriage officer for giving divorces outside the courts if both parties are willing. Bill suggests that by employing this method, delay for divorces in courts can be avoided. Shelter home for sex harassment victims is another recommendation for Women's code bill.

Women's code bill also suggests some postulates for the welfare of childrens. It recommends state commission for the welfare of childrens. The bill also has recommendations against accepting donations from childrens during admissions. It has been proposed to the Government to impose penalty on couples having more than 2 kids in the draft bill for the welfare of women and children. It has also been proposed to the government to withdraw support to families not adhering to this 2-child policy. The bill, which has recommendations regarding regulation of population explosion, has become controversial. The bill has been proposed by a committee presided by Justice V R Krishnayyar. The controversial recommendations of the Kerala Womens code bill are contained in the first chapter of the draft bill. The following are the major recommendations:

2 children in a family should be accepted as the common family policy. Families having more than 2 kids shouldnt be eligible for monetary aid from the government and legally barred. Governor should be given power to restrict communities who propagate the idea of having more than 2 children. A committee should be formed in order to implement this policy and should not be headed by politicians or religious heads. Families who deliberately break this law should be subject to penalty of Rs 10,000/- or subject to imprisonment for 3 months or so.

The policy is sought to be implemented as it was implemented in China. Lets wait and watch how well it could be put into practice here and how the government and people here welcomes it.

Womens Code Bill to be implemented after discussions, says Chandy

KOCHI: The Womens Code Bill will be implemented only after holding talks with all sections, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. The report was submitted Saturday by Justice Krishna Iyer Commission. The proposals will be implemented only with the approval of all, he said. Chandy kept mum when asked about the withdrawal of vigilance judge P K Haneefa from the palmolein case. In the report submitted, Iyer had stated that those who conform to two children norm will be entitled to benefits from the government. Wilful indifference towards this rule and frequent violation will lead to a fine of Rs 10,000 of upto three months imprisonment.

Oommen Chandy today said the Kerala Women Code Bill 2011, the draft of which was submitted by a committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge V R Krishna Iyer, would be made into law only after holding proper discussions with all sections of society. Chandy to discuss Women's Code Bill Kochi, Sep 25: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said the Kerala Women 'Code Bill 2011, the draft of which was submitted by a committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge V R Krishna Iyer, would be made into law only after holding proper discussions with all sections of society. I have received the Bill yesterday only. I will look into it and will discuss the Bill with as many people as possible before implementing it, he told reporters here. Many Christian organisations had already voiced against restrictions on the number of children as enunciated by the Bill. A 12-member committee, headed by Former Supreme Court Judge V R Krishna Iyer, submitted the Draft Bill recommending provisions for imprisonment for fathering a third child, to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy yesterday, The Commission on Rights and Welfare of Women and Children felt that nothing less than a fine of Rs 10,000 or three months simple' imprisonment deserved to be slapped on the expectant father of a third child. The recommendation is part of the measures intended to encourage population planning for well-being and children's development.

A third kid? Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. The Kerala Commission on the Rights and Welfare of Women and Children this week recommended to the Congress-led Kerala government that they punish families who have more than two children. More accurately, the recommendation called for direct punishment of the father: have a third kid, and he should be given a choice of three months in jail or a fine of Rs 10,000. It also contains a clause stating that such individuals will henceforth be legally disqualified persons, which presumably cuts them off from state aid and services. The proposed legislation has been called The Kerala Womens Code Bill 2011. I came to know about this through a fascinating discussion on the ever-insightful AamJanata blog. Many of the views for and against the proposed bill are included on that page, and are well worth reading through. Here, I would like to add two points to the discussion: 1) that the chief adviser to the aforementioned commission, N. R. Madhava Menon, has publicly denounced the penalties as not appropriate; 2) that I agree with him. * Lets take a real-life case study to illustrate why the proposed legislation wouldnt work. My friend Abhay is a resident of an outlying settlement near Varkala, which is in Thiruvananthapuram district. He works as a tourism operator on Varkala cliff. Abhay is married with two children. They live month to month if they are lucky, week to week most of the time, day to day when work is especially slow, such as during the monsoon season.

Abhays life, and those of all who depend upon him, is financed by a series of ever-increasing loans from neighbourhood babus. Given his (arguably forced) short-term outlook regarding life and money, he will probably always be poor, limited by an inability to plan effectively for the future. Abhay took countless loans from my former partner and I until we realised he would never be able to pay us back. Whenever we met to share a few beers, he would unload his troubles on me, and Id listen patiently. At the end, no matter how intense his fear and frustration, he would always smile and say to me, everything is the God not me, the God. Maybe next month I am lucky, I am not lucky. Everything the God. I could spend hours illustrating Abhays life, but for the present purposes, whats important is that he and his family are poor and he already has two children. Now, fast forward a couple of years into the future: the Kerala Womens Code Bill has been passed into law, and Abhay and his wife conceive a third child. What happens next? Option one: Get an abortion. Abortion remains highly controversial in Kerala just as in other parts of the world; many couples (and women left to face abortion alone) will keep it a secret rather than confront the social repercussions involved. More concrete than that, however, is the claim in an article by the Guttmacher Institute, which studies sexual and reproductive health worldwide, that abortion in India has a rate of three unsafe procedures for every two safe ones. Being more advanced in medicine than most other states in India, Kerala probably has better figures than this, but I have been in enough public hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam to know that conditions are far from ideal. The Guttmacher Institute article continues: Most women cannot afford to pay private-sector prices, so they go to public health facilities where quality of care is poor. Physician training is often inadequate, sanitary medical conditions are lacking, and privacy and confidentiality are often compromised. Moreover, authorized abortion facilities in India routinely turn a woman away if she arrives alone, is unmarried or is married but childless. I expect this bill, if enacted, will lead to a spike in abortion rates in Kerala both official and unofficial. I cannot see this being a good thing for Abhay, his wife or anyone else. Option two: Have the child and face the law. This leads to one of two choices: a) Take out yet another loan, with all the stress and danger that involves, to finance paying the Rs 10,000 fine. b) Go to jail, leaving his wife, two growing daughters and newborn baby with no income. They are fortunate in that Abhays wifes family live nearby and would take them in while he served his time, but that would place a huge strain on that familys limited resources. Abhay would also be missing out on three months of work a financial double whammy. On top of that, Abhays absence would place an emotional strain on the relationship between he and his wife. So far, so depressing. But Im afraid it gets no better. Option three: Hide the child from the authorities. Knowing Abhay, who fundamentally means well but is crippled by that short-term outlook, he might very well take this option and delay the repercussions of having a third child. Now, that child does not exist in the eyes of the state, and Abhay, in an effort to keep his family safe in the short term, has denied his child the basic rights of society. Hang on just a moment. Perhaps these crucial legal details can be fudged into minor contingencies later on say, by passing a few thousand rupees to a government employee to do the needful and register your child several months after birth. Lo, the Kerala Womens Code Bill opens up yet another avenue for that most offensive of Indian c words: corruption. Lets not forget the woman in this picture: Abhays wife. The bill is, after all, named for her and designed with her interests in mind. How does she benefit from any of this? Is the proposed legislation suggesting that falling pregnant for a third time is somehow a form of assault on the males part, and that she would be safe from such an assault if the imprisonment or fine penalties were in place? That is nonsense. If anything, the bill more firmly establishes a womans subservience to her husband. It confirms her lack of power and accountability in a fundamental aspect of the human existence. I have one more thing to add to this case study, a final twist. I have in fact hidden from you a vital piece of information: Abhay already has more than two children. In fact, he has two families: one with his wife, legal and open, and one with his longtime mistress, illegal and highly secret. In that relationship with his mistress, he has a further two children. How does the Kerala Womens Code Bill judge this situation? Can you see how deep the rabbit hole goes?

* A reduction in population growth in India is necessary. Too many families are having children they cannot afford to provide properly for, and the state is hardly able to pick up the slack in every one of those millions of cases. But there are better options than draconian punishments, which lead to fear and law-dodging. Mr Madhava Menon says, Offering certain State privileges to those who follow the two-child norm and denying certain benefits to those who do not is a better option. That seems so clearly a better option to me that the very idea of the harsh penalties mentioned above ought to be irrelevant. Psychologists such as Rand et al have documented that reward is a better reinforcer of good behaviour than punishment. It simply makes more sense, whichever way you look at it. Another idea which could have a lasting impact? A concerted, government-funded education drive in schools and workplaces, in rural communities and urban areas encouraging the use of contraceptives and explaining why having only two children benefits everyone. It could make use of respected role models, such as movie stars and community leaders. Education is not the easy option. It requires perseverance and a lot of patience. But it is a better long-term solution. Threatening the populace with jail or a large fine, meanwhile, is a quick and lazy fix (if it is any kind of fix). Its a short-term measure as depressingly ineffective as Abhays day-to-day struggle to drag himself and his family out of the neverending hard times. Responses to "Kerala Women's Code Bill- Recommendations and Features " Author: mohmd musthafa : 1The Women's code bill not ready to accept any women or men . That wrong recommendations to the commission .Christian Orthodox Sabha said ' human rights 'that is correct. Government where watch the welfare of childrens and womens ? The all parents watcing our childrens and women studying, health and wealth.I think not ready to accept the women's bill state government.after discussion is also handling carefully. Regards

Author: Muhammed Jabir Aslam : 1I think it is a foolish decision. It should have to check again and remove such things. What will do them if the second delivery of a women gives twins can kill the third one/ Title Kerala Womens Code Bill- Opinions of Various Religious associations and Political Party Opinions of religious associations, Political Party and famous personalities against Kerala Womens Code Bill by Justice V.R Krishna Iyer commission are given here. Read this to know the opinion of Panakkad Sayid Hyderali Shihab Thangal (Muslim League state president), Suresh Gopi, and Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) against Womens code bill by Justice V.R Krishna Iyer commission. Against Kerala Women's code Bill

The first religious association comes against Kerala Women's code bill is Christian Orthodox Sabha. They said that the recommendations of women's code bill are against human rights and added that they are not ready to accept the Women's code bill. Since it is a sensitive issue Oommen Chandy is also handling the bill with great care. He said that women's code will only be preceded after discussing with major religious associations.

Kerala Women's Code Bill- Recommendations and Features Kerala Women's code bill is a bill which recommends the welfare of women's and childrens. We are providing the complete recommendations, description, features and details of Women's code bill presented by Justice V.R Krishna Iyer commission Comments 8

By: Cameron on September 29, 2011 at 1:48 am Two other points that come to mind after reading your article: 1. Indian families already, mostly, desire a boy baby over a girl baby. (Honestly, I know less about Kerala than some other states.) You often see a family trying and trying for kids until they hit jackpot and have their boy or two. If only two are allowed, those girls are more likely to be aborted. 2. Talk related to sex, of any kind, tends to be pretty taboo. I thinking adding it to the schools responsibilities and leaving it at that is expecting a lot. I think a better road would be, and on a national level, to start introducing content onto television. I am always against rules that cant be easily enforced and this is just that. Just one more opportunity for the upper people to cash in bribes from the poor.

By: Sangeetha on September 29, 2011 at 12:45 pm There are many other ways to avoid pregnancy. Condoms for one or get yourself operated immediately after the second child birth. I know plenty of poor families who have done this and it does not cost much and is far safer than getting an abortion. Mistress? Well that fellow should be given a kick on his butt for lamenting. You have no money, well then dont create babies. There is nothing wrong in this new law and hope it really works. Kerala has to be a first example to other states where men want to reproduce until they see a male child. India has to progress and people have to change their mindset and the only way to do that in india is with severe laws and fine. Am all for this.

By: Sangeetha on September 29, 2011 at 12:50 pm Lastly.. You are talking about the cost for abortion.. Well then is that cheaper than taking care of a new baby? Is it better to have another child and let that child die of hunger because you dont have money to abort or you dont want to take that risk??? Come on.. lets be real and not hypocrites.

By: Joseph James on September 29, 2011 at 6:26 pm From the poly-landering Shuiab to the bigamous Abhay, you seem to have a real penchant for picking up friends! Kallan Saipu seems to be a better sobriquet for you than Mandan Saipu Hats off to you! Even from far off NZ, you can feel the Mallu pulse. The draconian measure suggested by the Kerala Commission for the Welfare and Rights of Women and Children is certainly the burning topic in the state, with Suresh Gopi hurling his portly frame right into the thick of the debate. Kerala certainly doesnt deserve such a draconian law as it is far ahead of the other Indian states in population control. In fact going by the latest population figures, Kerala could lose 4 MPs; UP on the other hand could gain 20. In a democracy, where numbers matter more than substance, Kerala is in danger of being marginalised because of its dwindling birth rate. What the Government should do is to reserve a few Lok Sabha seats for the Mallus in the Birmaru states. That said, I think the Commission has done the right thing by suggesting such a drastic measure. It has served the purpose of bringing the focus back to Indias explosive population growth. The present Kerala Government certainly doesnt have the guts to even remotely consider its

implementation. What he commission has done is to take a dig at institutions such as the Church which has been exhorting (rather vociferously in recent times) and even offering incentives to its flock to go forth and multiply.

By: Marydasan John on September 29, 2011 at 6:27 pm I highly appreciate that Barnaby Haszard Morris though not a Keralite could visualise a scenario arising from the legislating of Kerala Womens Code Bill into a law. Though I do not agree with some of the presumed scenarios, the objection to the Bill is simple and crystal clear. You dont need a pick-axe to remove something that could be taken out safely by a needle. Compared to other States, the population growth in Kerala is much less much less than even national average. Bringing a law that makes a few parents criminals because they have become parents of a third child is nothing but absurd. Having more than two children is not a norm in Kerala, but an exception. Why do we need a law at all to take care of such innocent exceptions. There are far more humongous issues which are to be tackled in Kerala like high suicide rate, withering away of families due to alcoholism, frauds committed by money-chains and so on. It is unthinkable that Justice Krishna Iyer who has earned the sobriquet of thinking judge has come up with such proposals that axe the very fundamental rights of human beings. It makes me to believe that Justice Iyers preachings and writings defending fundamental rights are nothing but hog-wash (I sincerely hope it is not so). The issue is very simple. Family planning should be left to the free will of individuals. The State can definitely push it through various modes of publicity. Punishments should be a taboo in such cases. Marydasan John

By: Sangeetha on September 29, 2011 at 6:39 pm @Joseph.. Agree with you 100%. Its clear that you are a Mallu like me and we know what is good and bad for our state and country. @Mary.. Im married to an Italian and often see how people who are non Indians dont understand a damn about what is good and not good for India. As I tell my Italian friends too.. Do we in India tell your government how to rule your country? No. So let Indians do what is best for our country. No country is perfect and I read in Italian news every day how many marriages end up in divorce and murders which are just on the raise. So in west we have a problem which is different from India. So please do not preach from what you read in gossip blogs and biased media. India is NOT Libya or Iraq that we need your advice. We live in a DEMOCRACY and people still have loads of power in this country. Thanks.

By: Xavier Antony on September 29, 2011 at 6:54 pm Sangeetha, I just want to highlight some points 1. You say the foreigners dont know what is good for India Do you know Mrs. Sonia Gandhi an Italian by birth is deciding what is good for the entire indians? There are alot of foriegners are well wishers of India and they are not like you

By: Anne John on September 30, 2011 at 8:13 pm

Sangeetha, You seem to feel pretty strongly that we live in a democracy and that we, the people have powers. I agree with you. And that is exactly why I dont understand how anyone can support such a law. This law seems like a cousin to the one in China. I agree that something has to be done to control this population explosion but such laws simply rob the very essence of a democratic nation.