Whereas we believe that the present conception of the family as an institution with man as the head who looks upon his wife and children as his property to do what he likes with them is wrong; and whereas we believe that such a conception which has affected the laws of the country shall be changed and the family be regarded as a co-operative concern where every member has an equal place; the All-India Women’s Conference demand that:
(a) Woman shall be considered as much a guardian of this children as the man is;
(b) man shall have no right to deprive her of this right;
(c) in case of dispute as to the guardianship of the minor children, the Court shall decide taking into consideration the age and the sex of the child or children, the ability to maintain; and the fitness or otherwise of the parent concerned;
(d) neither man nor woman shall have the right to adopt a child without the consent of the other if he or she is alive;
(e) The child adopted can be of either sex and shall be less than seven years at the time of adoption;
(f) Such adoption will have to be made with the sanction of a Court of Law;
(g) Such adopted child shall have the same rights as a natural child would have to inherit the property of his or her adopted father and mother; and
(h) Woman shall have the right to limit her family. It will be the duty of the state to provide the necessary knowledge to married women who desire to have it for health and economic reasons only through recognized hospitals or maternity homes.