The amended Women’s Reservation Bill is likely to become law in the coming budget session.The bill, providing 33 per cent quota for women in elected bodies, will be placed before the Union Cabinet shortly, following which it would be reintroduced in Parliament.Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily
Parliament appears set to create history as the Rajya Sabha takes up the Women's Reservation Bill today with Congress, BJP and Left parties joining hands in favour of the measure and divisions emerging among the opponents.The Upper House has an effective strength of 233 and the voice of the oppon
Indian lawmakers approved a historic bill Tuesday that would set aside one-third of all legislative seats for women, a move aimed at overturning six decades of male-dominated decision-making in this country.The bill, which drew fierce opposition before its passage in the upper house of parliamen
Since the mid-1990s, Dalit women’s groups and platforms have expressed three concerns: impact of state policies, patriarchal bias of Dalit movements, and upper-caste/middle-class leadership of the women’s movement.
Come Assembly election and the Assam Pradesh Congress is likely to find itself in a quandary, as pressure from women aspirants is all set to mount on the ruling party to reserve 33
In a small, dingy and humid room in Metiabruz, a poor Muslim-dominated locality in Kolkata in eastern India, at least 20 Muslim women are talking with excitement about their aspirations and why they decided to study information technology (IT), a short-term course offered
As the country celebrates the International Women's Day on March 8, 2011, statistics reveal that India lags behind many countries, including its neighbours Pakistan and Nepal, when it comes to women's participation in politics.
Cutting across party lines, women Members of Parliament propose to set up pressure groups in both Houses to push for speedy clearance of a number of women-related Bills that are pending passage.
A painful reality revealed in India's most recent census: Despite a booming economy and big cities full of luxury cars and glittering malls, the country is failing its girls. The discrimination happens through abortions of female fetuses and sheer neglect of young girls, despite years