India: Parties Look Beyond Wives, Daughters for Candidates

Faced with the prospect of fielding more women candidates in next year's BMC elections due to the state decision to reserve 50% seats in local bodies for females, political parties are looking beyond the usual options like wives and daughters of male politicians. Parties say this time they are scouting for women who are familiar to the public and have good educational background.

Read the whole story at The Times of India, published November 15.