For 20-year-old Pooja of Panelli village in Gujarat, life would have been different had she the freedom to choose the way she wanted to live.
With a population of 170 million, Uttar Pradesh is India's largest state and the world's seventh largest political entity. It now has a government led by Mayawati (51), herself a Dalit and a single woman.
Popular television actress Vani Tripathi has taken to politics seriously and has become the national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth wing. The TV star believes she had the 'courage' to join the political system instead of just being a critic.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh today criticised the UPA Government for its failure to re-introduce a bill in Parliament to give 33 percent reservation to women in politics.
UPA-Left nominee Pratibha Patil won the presidential election to become India's first woman president in a bitterly contested poll that saw some cross voting from the BJP.Patil won by a huge three lakh margin defeating NDA-backed independent candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
India's first woman president was sworn into office Wednesday and promised to fight for the rights of women and an end to the widespread practice of aborting female fetuses.
In its 60th year as an independent nation, India has just elected its first woman president. Yet the ascent of the demure Pratibha Patil - with her covered head and long career in “women’s issues” - may not necessarily be a victory for Indian women.
Cable television may promote gender equality and reduce domestic violence in rural India, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper.
Sonia Gandhi, chair of India's governing party, addressed nearly 5,000 women at a Women's Empowerment Conference in Kashmir on Monday.