{"id":41520,"date":"2024-07-14T01:14:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=41520"},"modified":"2025-04-30T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:27:09","slug":"guidelines-to-prevent-stereotyping-and-discrimination-of-pwds-in-visual-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/guidelines-to-prevent-stereotyping-and-discrimination-of-pwds-in-visual-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines to Prevent Stereotyping and Discrimination of PwDs in Visual Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why in News?<\/li>\n<li>What is the SC\u2019s Ruling Against the Insensitive Representation of PwDs?<\/li>\n<li>What is the Significance of the Ruling?<\/li>\n<li>What are the Shortcomings of the Ruling?<\/li>\n<li>Way Forward &#8211; 7-Points Guidelines to Prevent Stereotyping and Discrimination of PwDs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Supreme Court in a landmark ruling laid down comprehensive guidelines to prevent stereotyping and discrimination of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in visual media, including films and documentaries.<\/li>\n<li>The SC issued guidelines while hearing a plea to ban the film Aaankh Micholi for derogatory portrayal of PwDs. However, the SC refused to interfere with CBFC&#8217;s decision to clear movie for public screening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>What is the SC\u2019s Ruling Against the Insensitive Representation of PwDs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The SC emphasised the <strong>need for authentic and respectful representation<\/strong> of individuals with disabilities in films and media.<\/li>\n<li>The bench highlighted the<strong> importance of inclusivity and realism<\/strong> in cinematic portrayals, underlining the societal impact of such representations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The SC said that the creative freedom<\/strong> of the filmmaker cannot include the freedom to lampoon, stereotype, misrepresent or disparage those already marginalised.<\/li>\n<li>The court recognised the <strong>influential role of cinema in shaping public perceptions<\/strong> and stressed that inaccurate or stereotypical portrayals can perpetuate harmful misconceptions.<\/li>\n<li>According to <strong>Article 14<\/strong> of the Indian Constitution, stereotyping is an antithesis of dignity and anti-discrimination rule.<\/li>\n<li>Therefore, there must be a clear distinction between \u2018<strong>disability humour<\/strong>\u2019 which helps in understanding the disabled and \u2018<strong>disablement humour<\/strong>\u2019 which denigrates it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>What is the Significance of the Ruling?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The ruling has been welcomed by the industry insiders and disability rights activists as a <strong>crucial step towards changing the narrative around disability in India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The ruling also aligns with the broader goals of <strong>the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD)Act 2016, <\/strong>which seeks to protect and promote the rights and dignity of PwDs in all spheres of life.<\/li>\n<li>The SC emphasised on the <strong>human rights<\/strong> model of disability rights, making the government and private parties obliged to facilitate full and effective participation of PwDs in society.\n<ul>\n<li>Models under which disability rights are looked at, are of two types &#8211; <strong>medical and social models.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The human rights model<\/strong> is an evolution of the social model and says that people with disability are a part of society and have the same rights as everyone else.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>What are the Shortcomings of the Ruling?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The human rights model is an abstract idea and difficult to implement.<\/li>\n<li>The guidelines are limited to visual media.<\/li>\n<li>The judgement may go against the spirit of \u2018<strong>creative freedom.\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Way Forward &#8211; 7-Points Guidelines to Prevent Stereotyping and Discrimination of PwDs:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The SC expects filmmakers to adhere to these 7-point guidelines while representing PwDs in the visual media.<\/li>\n<li>The 7-point guidelines are &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>To avoid words (like words crippled, etc) which lead to institutional discrimination and <strong>negative self-image.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To avoid language <\/strong>which overlooks the social barriers.<\/li>\n<li>Creators must check for <strong>adequate medical info<\/strong> about an impairment like night blindness which may increase discrimination.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Such info should not be based on myths<\/strong>. For example, stereotypes show that impaired persons have enhanced sensory superpowers.<\/li>\n<li>Creators must practice the principle of \u201c<strong>nothing about us, without us<\/strong>,\u201d and involve PwDs in the creation and assessment of visual media content.<\/li>\n<li>As per the convention to protect rights of PWDs, PwDs must be portrayed in the visual media after consultation with their <strong>rights advocacy groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>There must be <strong>training and sensitisation programmes<\/strong> for creators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q.1. Why was the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016 enacted?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The RPWD Act promotes and protects the rights and dignity of people with disabilities in various aspects of life &#8211; educational, social, legal, economic, cultural and political.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q.2. What is creative freedom?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Artistic freedom can be defined as the freedom to imagine, create and distribute diverse cultural expressions free of governmental censorship, political interference or the pressures of non-state actors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/supreme-court-norms-against-offending-disability-depiction-in-films\/articleshow\/111591077.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Supreme Court norms against offending disability depiction in films<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/the-supreme-court-ruling-on-portrayal-of-disability-in-films-explained\/article68401128.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>TH<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SC laid down comprehensive guidelines to prevent stereotyping and discrimination of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in visual media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}