BRICS Women Parliamentarian Forum
India
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June 23, 2016
Enhancing Women’s Role and Participation in Governance in India
To empower elected women representa
In Indian Towns Where Women Are Elected, Life Improves for Girls
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January 15, 2016
In Indian Towns Where Women Are Elected, Life Improves for Girls
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March 30, 2015
The (slow) rise of women-oriented political parties
Since 2001, at least 14 political parties with a women-oriented political agenda have emerged across India, according to an analysis of an official
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Nidhi Shendurnikar Tere
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March 24, 2015
Nidhi Shendurnikar Tere
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February 8, 2015
How Delhi keeps women out of elections
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.
May 21, 2014
Indian elections and the fruits of democracy
On 16 May 2014, Narendra Modi the Chief Minister of Gujarat state (in western India) led the Bharatiya Janta party (BJP) to a record victory in India’s 16th national election.
September 27, 2024
Why simultaneous polls will undermine women’s political participation at grassroots level
The recent momentum around the ‘One Nation, One Election’ initiative, following the Union Cabinet’s approval of the report by the committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, has sparked a fresh debate on electoral reforms.