Parliaments & Representatives
As women’s representation in U.S. politics has grown, 53% of Americans say there are still too few women in high political office in the United States, and many see significant obstacles for women candidates. Our 2023 report on women leaders in politics explores Americans’ views about gender and political leadership, as well as views about the barriers women face.
Click here to read the full article published by the Pew Research Center on 27 September 2023.
India began its journey as a democratic republic on a hopeful footing — political equality between men and women was enshrined in the Constitution from the word go. Yet, our politics has ended up being disproportionately occupied by men. Against this background, the present moment, when the women’s reservation Bill, thus far stuck in limbo, has become a reality, is truly a historic one. While the lack of a clear timeline has detracted from the moment’s thrill, the promise and possibility it offers are momentous.
Click here to read the full article published by The Indian Express on 27 September 2023.
The Women’s Reservation Bill that ensures a 33 per cent reservation of seats in the Parliament and the state legislatures is meant to empower women in the country and include them in national governance and politics.
The Bill had been pending for a long period, and there was near unanimity on it when it was introduced, though the timeline of it coming into effect has met with some disapproval, as it will not happen in the forthcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Click here to read the full article published by the Gomantak Times on 21 September 2023.
Indian women today are voting in numbers equal to or higher than men in most elections. Their primary reason for voting enthusiastically is to exercise their constitutional right to be counted as citizens. During my research, ongoing since 2019, among women voters in Haryana, I often heard my interlocutors say that they voted because it is their adhikaar (right). Yet they lamented that there was no jagah (place) for women in the political arena.
Click here to read the full article published by the Hindustan Times on 22 September 2023.
When Jacinda Ardern brought her baby Neve to the United Nations for the 2018 General Assembly, then-New Zealand Prime Minister became an emblematic figure of modern women in politics. Her initiative was not only a photo opportunity, she also walked the walk: A few years later, her progressive government helped fund new lactation rooms at the UN headquarters in New York to make it easier for other new mothers to work.
Click here to read the full article published by CNN on 22 September 2023.
The ‘Rising Sun’ which was then a symbol of independence needed some publicity locally and Karunanidhi had asked the women to draw it in front of their homes even as he solicited their support. That the women obliged finds mention in his autobiography ‘Nenjukku Neethi’. In a polling booth for women at Thaneerpalli, the opponent Congress candidate did not get even a single vote when the constituency sent Karunanidhi to the Assembly, thanks to women.
Click here to read the full article published by The New Indian Express on 23 September 2023.