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Politics and sexism: what have parties really done on women empowerment?

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September 22, 2023

Politics and sexism: what have parties really done on women empowerment?

Source: India Today

“The problem is that when a woman is attacked, she gets attacked for her character, but never for her policymaking,” Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. There were ludicrous claims of a tunnel running between her and a senior leader's home, writes journalist Nidhi Sharma in her recently published book ‘She, The Leader -- Women in Indian Politics’. She adds the rumours never bothered the minister.

Click here to read the full article published by India Today on 22 September 2023.

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Yudhajit Shankar Das
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“The problem is that when a woman is attacked, she gets attacked for her character, but never for her policymaking,” Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. There were ludicrous claims of a tunnel running between her and a senior leader's home, writes journalist Nidhi Sharma in her recently published book ‘She, The Leader -- Women in Indian Politics’. She adds the rumours never bothered the minister.

Click here to read the full article published by India Today on 22 September 2023.

Region
Author
Yudhajit Shankar Das
Focus areas

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