Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is the largest member-based organization of poor working women in India, with seven hundred thousand members across sectors. Its members are women workers who earn a living through their own labour or small businesses without access to regular salaried jobs or welfare benefits. SEWA’s goal is to reach optimal employment, where workers obtain job security, income security, food security and social security (at least health care, childcare and shelter). In 2006, SEWA became an affiliate of the International Trade Union Confederation as the largest organization of informal women workers to achieve affiliation.

The right of a people to determine their own political status. That could mean full independence, or it could mean a greater degree of autonomy and linguistic or religious identity within an existing state.

Killing female foetuses through abortion following the ultrasound procedure, due to the suspected fetes’ sex.

The person appointed by the guardian, the father or grandfather, during his lifetime, from those considered competent to support the child. While it is not necessary for the guardian to use specific words while assigning, the assignment is done only by a guardian stating for example: "I select or recommend so and so". According to the personal status laws, the selected guardian can choose a replacement for himself, if the original guardian’s assignment enables him to do so.

Secure tenure is the right of all individuals and groups to effective protection by the State against arbitrary unlawful evictions. People have secure tenure when there is evidence of documentation that can be used as proof of secure tenure status or when there is either de facto or perceived protection against forced evictions.

Approach whose objective is to ensure that a gender dimension is integrated into the work of all governmental bodies and into all policy areas via an effective commitment to gender mainstreaming by policymakers when devising sectoral plans and programmes, as well as the building/strengthening of the technical competencies of all those involved in the implementation of this strategy.

The victim affected by violence, without being the main target originally.

A person who was influenced by the experience of violence perpetrated on another person. The secondary survivor may be a member of the family or someone close to the survivor.

Concept and conditions for ensuring that women receive the appropriate services in connection with pregnancy, childbirth and the post-natal period, including family planning and emergency obstetric care.

Emergency, transitional or permanent shelter/housing that is confidentially located to respond to critical situations, usually related to domestic violence.