With Kiran Bedi leading the Delhi election campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party and Sheila Dixit already having been chief minister for three terms, it might appear that women have a significant role to play in Saturday's elections.
Instead, the data show that the percentage of female candidates has declined from 10.2% during the 2008 elections to 9.4% for the forthcoming elections.
Women make up 46.4% of the city’s 16.8 million people, yet the last two elections, in 2008 and 2013, returned only three female winners, a success rate of 3.7% and 4.2% respectively.
With Kiran Bedi leading the Delhi election campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party and Sheila Dixit already having been chief minister for three terms, it might appear that women have a significant role to play in Saturday's elections.
Instead, the data show that the percentage of female candidates has declined from 10.2% during the 2008 elections to 9.4% for the forthcoming elections.
Women make up 46.4% of the city’s 16.8 million people, yet the last two elections, in 2008 and 2013, returned only three female winners, a success rate of 3.7% and 4.2% respectively.
It wasn’t my proudest parenting moment: I stood on the ice surface in the community arena shaking with anger as bewildered hockey players, parents, and coaches looked on. I had just confronted the six-year boy who had, for the third time, crosschecked my daughter in a novice hockey game. (My mother bear instincts had overpowered me and I had marched onto the ice during play.) The boy’s parents also rushed onto the ice surface in his defense. Their rationale: “He was frustrated that a little girl – my little girl – was out-ska
By iKNOW Politics expert Dr.Amina Alrasheed Nayel
By iKNOW Politics expert Dr.Amina Alrasheed Nayel
There's strong hopes Myanmar (Burma) is on the cusp of electing more women to parliament when it goes to the polls later this year.
The country sits near the bottom of global rankings on women's parliamentary representation with less than six per cent of its politicians female.
Australia's ambassador for women and girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, has just wrapped up a two day visit to the once-reclusive state.
There's strong hopes Myanmar (Burma) is on the cusp of electing more women to parliament when it goes to the polls later this year.
The country sits near the bottom of global rankings on women's parliamentary representation with less than six per cent of its politicians female.
Australia's ambassador for women and girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, has just wrapped up a two day visit to the once-reclusive state.
Speech by Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Lakshmi Puri at a panel organized by the Netherlands on “Women Peace and Security: Seeking Synergy with the Reviews on Peace Operations and Peacebuilding,” 20 January 2015, New York.
Speech by Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Lakshmi Puri at a panel organized by the Netherlands on “Women Peace and Security: Seeking Synergy with the Reviews on Peace Operations and Peacebuilding,” 20 January 2015, New York.
by Lucile Huguet, iKNOW Politics writer
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson, delivered another stirring speech encouraging world and corporate leaders to take action for gender equality during the kickoff of a HeForShe program laun
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson, delivered another stirring speech encouraging world and corporate leaders to take action for gender equality during the kickoff of a HeForShe program laun
Women have been dominating the poles of villagers committee elections in most regions throughout China since the onset of the new year.
Women have been dominating the poles of villagers committee elections in most regions throughout China since the onset of the new year.
The first-ever Israeli political party dedicated to ultra-Orthodox women, was unveiled Monday.
The first-ever Israeli political party dedicated to ultra-Orthodox women, was unveiled Monday.