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India Uses 'She', 'Her' To Refer To All Genders For 1st Time In Draft Law
"She" and "her" are used to refer to all genders for the first time in India's legislative history The pronouns "she" and "her" have been used to refer to all genders for the first time in India's legislative history. Seeking your views on draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022. Link below: https://t.co/8KfrwBnoF0 — Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) November 18, 2022 "We have attempted in the philosophy of women's empowerment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji's government works to use the words she and her in the entire bill, instead of he, him and his. The bill had been sent to the parliamentary committee in 2019 after protests by the opposition Congress and the Trinamool Congress, among others, who said the proposed law violated citizens' fundamental rights. The opposition parties had said the proposed law gave sweeping powers to the government to access personal data of individuals under opaque conditions, citing national security and other reasons. Source - NDTV #india #law #genderequality
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