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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Academic Paper / Article
A gender perspective on role performance of elected panchayat leaders in India
Journal of International Women's Studies
Gender equality is fundamentally related to sustainable development, and globally accepted as a necessity for the promotion of human rights. Gender empowerment is determined by active participation of women and men in social, economic, and political...
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Thursday, September 05, 2019
Women’s political participation and development
Brookings
On July 29th, 2019, Brookings India hosted Sonia Bhalotra for a Development Seminar on Women’s Political Participation and Development. She presented two co-authored papers, “Women Legislators and Economic Performance” (2018)[1] and “Maternal...
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Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Interviews
Heena Gavit
Heena Gavit a is a Member of Parliament from India. This interview was conducted in October 2018 in the margins of IPU’s 139th Assembly in Geneva.
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Thursday, June 06, 2019
Breaking the glass ceiling: How these women parliamentarians made it
The Economic Times
With a record 78 MPs, this election proved that female candidates can win. Meet some first-timers without any political lineage to find out the odds they conquered on the way to Parliament. RAMYA HARIDAS| CONGRESS She sang her way into people’s...
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Friday, May 31, 2019
724 women contested Lok Sabha polls, 78 were elected, yet only 3 made it to PM Modi's cabinet
India Times
The newly-elected 17th Lok Sabha set the record with highest number of woman: 78 MPs. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, which was sworn-in on Thursday, in a largest-ever gathering, has only six women ministers in the government. Three...
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Friday, May 31, 2019
Nirmala breaches male bastion to become first full-time woman finance minister
On Manorama
Breaching a largely male bastion, India's new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday became the first woman in 48 years since then prime minister Indira Gandhi to hold charge of the key ministry. Sitharaman, who became the first full-time...
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Friday, May 24, 2019
India elects a record-breaking number of women to Parliament
Global Citizen
Women will make up about 15% of the lower house of parliament — less than the global average. A record number of women are set to enter India's parliament after a marathon election that returned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power, initial results...
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
Indian elections 2019: women candidates to watch out for
The Conversation
The outcome of the world’s largest election is almost upon us – the counting of votes by 900m eligible voters begins on May 23. With more than 500 directly elected seats being contested in India’s lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, all eyes...
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Friday, May 17, 2019
In India’s elections, female candidates still need men’s blessings
The New York Times
Swati Yadav had lost count of the number of village campaign stops she had made since her morning began — was it 27, or 28? She was doggedly stumping for a parliamentary seat through 100-degree temperatures in the northern Indian state of Haryana...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Political parties shy of fielding women
India Today
Women politicians have made it to the top headlines this poll season. Be it Priyanka Gandhi's formal entry into politics, Mayawati joining hands with the Yadavs, Hema Malini's luxurious campaign or Sadhvi Pragya's candidature, women politicians have...
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Thursday, May 09, 2019
Why aren’t women a bigger force in Indian elections
The New Republic
For the first time, female voters are set to outnumber male voters in the world's largest national election. It is the largest election in the world, with 900 million registered voters. Initiated on April 11, India’s national elections will continue...
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Friday, May 03, 2019
India elections: Will women voters be a game changer?
Deutsche Welle
Although women have held powerful government positions in India, their political participation in the country has largely been curtailed by a male-dominated system. Will the ongoing general election bring about a change? Around 625 million women...
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Friday, April 26, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
A hard truth in Indian politics: men feel threatened by women who are intelligent, single and independent
Outlook India
The odds are stacked heavily against women in politics. They are up against strong, entrenched and largely patriarchal lobbies in political parties. A woman has to be part of a lobby to succeed—a lobby which will push her case for a ticket from a...
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Friday, April 26, 2019
Challenges and the way forward for women in politics in India
Outlook India
As India gears up for the world’s largest election process, one cannot help but think of some of the unfulfilled promises made when a young India emerged amongst the preeminent democracies of the world. Nearly 70 years since the enactment of our...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Demeaning women is an assault on our politics
Hindustan Times
Women in Indian politics face a double disadvantage. The first is the difficulty in getting a foot in through the door in a male-dominated arena. Women account for only 12.15% of the outgoing 16th Lok Sabha. The second is facing unacceptable sexist...
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Friday, April 12, 2019
India: History’s biggest election has no place for women
Quartz India
History’s biggest elections are yet another proof that we live in a “man’s world.” Less than 8% of the total 1,271 candidates contesting the first phase of India’s general election are women. Polls to elect India’s new Lok Sabha (parliament’s lower...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
In a first, two women are contesting Lok Sabha polls from Mizoram, Arunachal
The Wire
Lalthlamauni or Jarjum Ete win or not, they have already made history by being the first women in the two states – which both have more women voters than men – to contest a Lok Sabha election. This April 11, when polling begins in Mizoram and...
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Friday, March 22, 2019
Naveen Patnaik's party to give 33% tickets to women in Lok Sabha elections
Business Standard
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced 33 per cent quota for women in the allocation of Lok Sabha tickets of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party. Addressing the Women Self Help Group's (SHGs) Conclave under 'Mission Shakti', Patnaik said...
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