Constitutional Rights of Homeless Women and Children

DOI: https://doie.org/10.10399/APER.2025744043

Authors:

Dr. Deeksha Tewari

Keywords:

Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, Homeless Women, Homeless Children

Abstract:

It has come to the finding that there has been large number of migrants rise in India and their portion of homeless population has searched to a greater extent. Despite having municipal laws to protect their right to life developing country like India is facing shortage in housing its population. To safeguard homeless women and child it is essential to protect them from any form of exploitation for instance violence has been one of the major challenges for these homeless population. It is essential to practice access to justice keeping in mind our constitutional mandate. Article 21 plays a vital role in protecting the homeless population. There is an urgent need to provide adequate shelter, livelihood, health camps to maintain a better quality of life. Though we have domestic violence act and laws for protection of women and child. It is important to have proper implementation of the laws. This paper will try to analyze to what extent the human rights of homeless people are affected and what could be done to combat the violation of human rights. Homelessness leads to a variety of consequences of indulging in criminal acts which leads to societal fear. To strike a balance, the government must take necessary steps to ensure that homeless people get access to basic human rights.

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