India may boast a woman President, Prime Minister and Speaker, but when it comes to selecting candidates, key political parties still have a long way to go.
In the past 10 years, only 7 per cent or 4,148 candidates out of the 62,847 candidates were women, says an analysis. Of these, 675 won to become MPs or MLAs.
Interestingly, the maximum number of women candidates (981) were Independents, followed by Congress with 551, Bharatiya Janata Party with 460, Bahujan Samaj Party with 249, Samajwadi Party with 148 and CPI(M) with 132 women candidates, says a gender analysis done by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), based on the affidavits submitted by candidates to the Election Commission.
We invite our users to read the full article published July 30 2013
India may boast a woman President, Prime Minister and Speaker, but when it comes to selecting candidates, key political parties still have a long way to go.
In the past 10 years, only 7 per cent or 4,148 candidates out of the 62,847 candidates were women, says an analysis. Of these, 675 won to become MPs or MLAs.
Interestingly, the maximum number of women candidates (981) were Independents, followed by Congress with 551, Bharatiya Janata Party with 460, Bahujan Samaj Party with 249, Samajwadi Party with 148 and CPI(M) with 132 women candidates, says a gender analysis done by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), based on the affidavits submitted by candidates to the Election Commission.
We invite our users to read the full article published July 30 2013
