Young women feel ignored in politics globally; Just 21% satisfied in the Netherlands

2 weeks ago

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:40 IST - 10 MINS READ After a decades-long silence following the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in the 1990s, the discussion on women’s political representation and political participation has been revived now. As a result, there was only a slight difference between the Congress and the BJP in terms of women …

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Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?

The Hindu

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:39 IST - 11 MINS READ After a disappointing performance in Maharashtra in the June Lok Sabha election, the prospects were bleak for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Assembly election in November. Maharashtra has 4.6 crore women voters, of which 2.34 crore were already beneficiaries of the scheme by the time the State went …

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2 weeks ago

Dutch society is not becoming more divided, says think-tank

Dutch News

Even though many people in the Netherlands feel society is becoming more divided, trust between individuals and institutions remains stable, the government’s socio-cultural think tank SCP said on Tuesday. “Our society appears resilient in the face of challenges, but this social cohesion is not guaranteed… and there are significant disparities between different groups,” the SCP said in a new report. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Retired women in the Netherlands get 40% less pension than men

NL Times

Retired women receive an average of 40 percent less pension than men, reports Wijzer in geldzaken, an initiative of the Ministry of Finance, based on research. This difference is mainly due to the fact that women work less, on average, than men, which results in less pension accrual. “Women are also generally less concerned with their financial future than men …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Subscribe to the Women Rule Newsletter: Inform. Empower. Connect.

Politico

How digital misogyny helped Trump win Illustration by Claudine Hellmuth/POLITICO Morning, Rulers! That’s how, Di Meco says, “a young man looking online for the exercise routine or how to find a date” will be “slowly primed … into a type of bubble where all of a sudden they have the impression everyone around you is believing this.” Trump during his …

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2 months ago

Young Women's Political Activism Shaping the 2024 Election in Pennsylvania

Associated Press

Young women are politically active on campus and will play a crucial role in the 2024 election. The stakes are high in Pennsylvania, a blue state that could decide the outcome of the election. Harris's ability to run up the score and secure the support of young women will be essential for her success.

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2 months ago

Young Women Are Central To The 2024 Election Gender Gap

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING When Taylor Swift came out to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris last month, it was the Instagram post heard ’round the world. “The last presidential election, we saw young women turn out at rates higher than their peers who identify as men in every race and ethnicity for which we had data.” In 2020, 50% of young …

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2 months, 1 week ago

A career in politics can be brutal for anyone, but how much worse is it for women?

ABC

A career in politics can be brutal and exposing. Speaking on ABC's TassieCast, Paula Wriedt said she has no doubt her experience as a young woman in Tasmania's parliament from 1996 to 2009 differed greatly from that of her male counterparts. Australian women disillusioned with politics Photo shows Julia Gillard stands in parliament Research shows Australian girls and young women …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Young women are more liberal than they’ve been in decades, a Gallup analysis finds

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Young women are more liberal than they have been in decades, according to a Gallup analysis of more than 20 years of polling data. The share of young women who hold liberal views on the environment, abortion, race relations and gun laws has also jumped by double digits, Gallup found. “They have actually become much more liberal in …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Attitude of society towards women is sometimes not mature, needs to change, says Murmu

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday that society’s attitude towards women is sometimes not mature and needed to change, while also emphasising that the nation’s progress cannot be fully realised without the socio-economic and educational development of women. Mumbai, Sep 03 : President Droupadi Murmu, Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan, State Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, State Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges

Associated Press

TOKYO — Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. “There are growing expectations for women to play a greater role in politics,” said parliamentarian Chinami Nishimura, a senior official with the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. “In politics or parliament, which are still largely considered men’s work, it is …

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6 months ago

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years

Firstpost

Making just 13.63 per cent of the elected strength, the 18th Lok Sabha will comprise only 74 women compared to 469 men, even lower than the previous House India recently concluded its 2024 general elections, which took place in seven phases—from April 19 to June 1—to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Making just 13.63 per cent of …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Less than half of Netherlands residents interested in the news

NL Times

Only 49 percent of Netherlands residents were interested in the news in the past year. 30 percent of people sometimes or often avoid the news altogether, 3 percent more than last year. “Interest in the news is also not low compared to other countries.” In the Netherlands, confidence remains high with well-known major news brands such as NOS, RTL Nieuws, …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent

Dutch News

Some 70% of women in the Netherlands are now able to support themselves financially, compared with just 20% when the survey was first carried out in 1977, according to new research by national statistics agency CBS. In the 1980s, 90s and 00s there was still a dip in women’s economic independence around the age of 25 but this has now …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Seven in 10 Dutch women are now financially independent

Dutch News

Some 70% of women in the Netherlands are now able to support themselves financially, compared with just 20% when the survey was first carried out in 1977, according to new research by national statistics agency CBS. In the 1980s, 90s and 00s there was still a dip in women’s economic independence around the age of 25 but this has now …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Tens of thousands of young women stalked in Netherlands last year

NL Times

Tens of thousands of teenage girls and young women were stalked in the Netherlands last year. Last year, 225,000 Netherlands residents were victims of stalkers, 137,000 women and 90,000 men. Teenage girls and young women between the ages of 15 and 25 were most often the victims of stalking at 3 percent of this age group. Last year, 74 percent …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Women voters lead the fight against misogyny

Hindustan Times

Do political parties think so little of women that a man accused by his wife of domestic violence is still considered a suitable candidate? That is the logic Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman used to explain why the BJP gave the Kaiserganj ticket to Karan Bhushan Singh, the son of former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh …

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8 months ago

Poll: Biden support drops dramatically among young men

LA Times

Students hang out at UCLA. President Biden maintains a healthy lead over former President Trump among young Americans, but his margin has shrunk from four years ago, primarily because of a big drop in support from young men. At this point in the 2020 campaign, Biden led Trump among young men by 26 points; now he leads by 6, according …

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8 months ago

The missing women in Indian politics - The Hindu

The Hindu

Phase 1 of the General Elections 2024 is over. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, women were only 9% of the candidates. In Uttar Pradesh, with 80 parliamentary seats, the first phase has seen only seven women contesting compared to 80 men. Rajasthan, with 25 Lok Sabha seats, has 10 women candidates, while Gujarat with 26 seats has so far …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Why young men and women are drifting apart

Hindustan Times

In a trendy food market in Warsaw, Poland’s capital, two female engineers are discussing how hard it is to meet a nice, enlightened man. In France, in 2022 young men were much keener than young women on Eric Zemmour, a presidential candidate who wrote a book rebutting Simone de Beauvoir, France’s best-known feminist. In their analysis, they found that young …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Democracy’s appeal is slipping as nations across much of the world hold elections, a poll finds

Associated Press

Representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, but its appeal is slipping on the eve of elections in much of the world, according to a survey of 24 democratic countries by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday. While a median of 77% across the 24 surveyed countries said representative democracy was a “good” system of government, …

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10 months, 1 week ago

The Great Gender Divide: Globally, young women are becoming more liberal than men, but what about India?

Hindustan Times

Not so long ago, we’d look at generations as a whole. “In countries on every continent, an ideological gap has opened up between young men and women.” American women have become more liberal since the 1990s, finds a new Gallup poll and the shift is more evident among young women and senior women—up by 11 points. The similarities in career …

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11 months ago

Ethnically diverse people feel ignored by Dutch politics: SCP

NL Times

Ethnically diverse Dutch people feel less represented by politics than people with no immigration background. According to the SCP, ethnically diverse people do not feel heard in politics. According to the planning agency, Dutch people with a practical level of education also often find that “politicians do not know their world, that they are not interested in them, and look …

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1 year ago

Why Are We Not Asking Women What They Want? Political Gender Equality and Myth-Making

News 18

It is accepted wisdom that enhancing women’s agency or sense of control over their lives is a cornerstone of gender equality. Yet the everyday discussions about gender and more recently, women’s workforce participation in the Indian context, rely on a narrow vision of women’s agency, which sees only some outcomes as representative of gender equality. Political Gender Equality An important …

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1 year ago

More women are voting, but not many in the House

Hindustan Times

Women in Rajasthan scored a no-fuss hattrick in the just-concluded assembly polls by turning out in higher numbers than men after achieving the same feat in the 2013 and 2018 elections. The 2014 national election was a watershed when the gap in turnout was reduced to less than 1.5 percentage points, building on which women surpassed men in 2019 for …

India Women Men Chhattisgarh

1 year ago

Dutch high school students lagging far behind in civics, democracy studies

NL Times

Young people in the Netherlands know less about democracy and citizenship than their peers in comparable countries and are also taught less about it in school. “Dutch high school students know just as much about citizenship and democratic principles as the international average but significantly less than students in areas similar to the Netherlands, such as the Scandinavian countries or …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Right-wing voters especially dissatisfied with democracy

NL Times

A considerable number of voters are dissatisfied with how democracy functions in the Netherlands, especially on the right wing of the political spectrum. The most satisfied voters support D66, Volt, GroenLinks-PvdA, and ChristenUnie, NRC reports based on research by political scientists Matthijs Rooduijn, Honorata Mazepus, and Bert Bakker. According to the researchers, their study - which forms part of long-term …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Girl energy makes the world go round – we need more of it today than ever

The Independent

When my grandmother gave birth, and was told she’d had a girl, she said: “Poor thing.” When I had two girls, I greeted their little lives like hopeful presents. That boys are suffering because girls do well in school, ignoring the scourge of sexual harassment ruining girls’ educations, and the subsequent sexism that still keeps them out of jobs in …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Politics and sexism: What have parties really done on women empowerment?

India Today

“The problem is that when a woman is attacked, she gets attacked for her character, but never for her policymaking,” Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. There were ludicrous claims of a tunnel running between her and a senior leader's home, writes journalist Nidhi Sharma in her recently published book ‘She, The Leader -- Women in Indian Politics’. Also, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The youth and Malaysia’s upcoming state elections

Hindustan Times

Youth has always been the fulcrum of countries’ destinies. Over a million strong, the Undi 18, comprising those aged 18-21 became eligible to vote for the first time at the 15th general election last year. Continues currency devaluation, poor economic performance, and ordinary achievements in the Unity government’s first hundred days become difficult questions as Malaysians gear up for the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Netherlands in 28th on Global Gender Gap Index this year

NL Times

The Netherlands is in 28th place on this year’s Global Gender Gap Index. According to the study, performed by the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, our country has managed to close 77.7 percent of the gender gap. While the Netherlands scored exceptionally well on education equality, coming in first place globally, most women still work part-time. The Global Gender …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Confidence in parliament dips to 10-year low

NL Times

In the last quarter of last year, only 25 percent of Netherlands residents had confidence in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament. Before the coronavirus pandemic, in the first quarter of 2020, 31 percent of Netherlands residents aged 15 or older trusted politicians, and 44 percent had confidence in the Tweede Kamer. Only 21 percent of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Government starts campaign to encourage women to work longer hours

Dutch News

The Dutch government has launched a new campaign to encourage women between the ages of 30 and 60 to work more hours a week. ‘You can be free by working more, by having a career and by being more financially independent, and women are often not aware of this.’ The wage gap between men and women has shrunk slightly in …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Government starts campaign to encourage women to work longer hours

Dutch News

The Dutch government has launched a new campaign to encourage women between the ages of 30 and 60 to work more hours a week. ‘You can be free by working more, by having a career and by being more financially independent, and women are often not aware of this.’ The wage gap between men and women has shrunk slightly in …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Data | Nagaland women are socially empowered but underrepresented in politics

The Hindu

Between 2019 and 2021, about 85% of women in Nagaland over the age of 5 had attended school. Less than 6% of Nagaland women aged 20-24 years, married before turning 18. Over 99% of married women in Nagaland participated in key household decisions and only about 6% had experienced spousal violence — about five times lower than India’s figure. Chart …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Women “strongly underrepresented” in provincial political roles

NL Times

Women are “strongly underrepresented” in the country’s water boards and provincial councils, the executive branches of the Dutch provinces. Women do not make up a majority of members of any of the 12 provincial councils, or the 21 regional water boards, according to the Stem op een Vrouw foundation. Currently, 67 percent of all members of provincial councils are men …

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1 year, 11 months ago

India pushes for inclusion of women’s political representation at grassroots for WEF’s Gender Gap report

The Hindu

India has successfully pushed for including women’s participation in local government bodies as a parameter for the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report where it has traditionally not fared well. “At the Women and Child Development Ministry, we are happy to share that the World Economic Forum has recognised the need to enumerate women’s participation in local government bodies …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Money worries increasingly affecting young people in Netherlands

NL Times

Six in ten young people are worried about the rise in prices in the past year, UNICEF Netherlands reported after surveying over 1,000 teenagers between the ages of 10 and 18. Young people up to the age of 21 who are on welfare benefits are also likely to suffer from long-term financial problems, the National Ombudsman also said on Monday. …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Young NL residents scored well-being lower than older age groups for first time

NL Times

Young adults up to the age of 25 felt less happy and satisfied last year than people above that age. According to Statistics Netherlands, it is the first time since it started keeping track of personal well-being that young people gave a lower figure for their well-being than people over 25. An average score of seven or higher indicates that …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Often judged, we still need to talk louder to be heard: Women politicos

India Today

Despite holding key positions in the country, women politicians are often judged and have to talk louder to make themselves heard in a male-dominated arena, felt a panel of four women at the India Today Conclave Mumbai 2022 on Friday. Here's all that's happening at India Today Conclave Mumbai 2022 BJP’s National Secretary Pankaja Gopinath Munde said: “Women have to …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Can women be true representatives of the people?

The Hindu

Hussain, Sadia, ‘Performance of Women in Parliament: A Quantitative Study of Questions by Women Members in Lok Sabha ’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 57, Issue No. Sadia Hussain’s article, ‘Performance of Women in Parliament: A Quantitative Study of Questions by Women Members in Lok Sabha ’ draws attention to women’s performance in the Lok Sabha through a quantitative analysis …

Politics India Women Representation Political Performance Lok Sabha

2 years, 7 months ago

Third of NL residents would ignore democracy to solve complicated problems

NL Times

In order to solve urgent problems, it must be possible for the government to limit the participation of opposition parties in the discussion and decision-making process. A third of Netherlands residents are therefore prepared to temporarily put parliamentary democracy aside for complex and urgent problems. The study was carried out at the end of 2021 on behalf of the Anne …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Young adults in NL less happy and satisfied

NL Times

Young adults in the Netherlands were significantly less happy and less satisfied with their lives in 2021 than before the turn of the century. Last year, 81 percent of young adults said they were happy, and 77 percent were satisfied with life. Of all adults in the Netherlands, 86.4 percent were happy last year, and 83.6 percent were satisfied with …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Half of teens worry war will come to Netherlands

NL Times

Almost half of 10- to 18-year-olds in the Netherlands fear that there will also be war here, UNICEF reported after surveying over a thousand teenagers about the effect of the war in Ukraine on them. "By taking their feelings seriously, people around them can reduce worries and fears," said the children's rights organization. Four in five talk to their parents …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Why are women’s voices marginalised in Nigeria?

Al Jazeera

On Thursday, March 17 at 19:30 GMT: Activists in Nigeria have succeeded in keeping women’s rights and representation on the political agenda after parliament’s lower house reversed a decision to reject gender equality bills, amid vociferous protests in major cities including Abuja and Lagos. One bill seeks the granting of citizenship to foreign-born husbands of Nigerian women, while another would …

Women Nigeria

2 years, 9 months ago

Women voters behind BJP big victory in U.P.

The Hindu

The women’s vote in Uttar Pradesh has clearly emerged as a crucial determining factor behind the BJP’s comfortable victory. Lokniti’s post-poll survey data affirms that the BJP managed a huge vote lead of 13 percentage points over SP+ among women voters. The BJP’s lead over the SP alliance was the sharpest amongst the youngest and the oldest women voters. In …

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2 years, 9 months ago

For the women vote, go beyond tokenism

Hindustan Times

A welcome trend in Indian politics in recent years is the steady rise in the participation of women in elections, reflected in their turnout figures outpacing men in both national and state polls – the latest being the recently concluded five state elections. This phenomenon has been marked by intensifying discussions around the women vote, political parties targeting women as …

Women Political Parties Men

2 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands counts 62% more female entrepreneurs in a decade

NL Times

The number of female entrepreneurs in the Netherlands increased by over 60 percent in the past decade, though the share of female-owned businesses increased only marginally. "The difference with men has narrowed, and the proportion of women in top positions has slowly increased, according to the latest Emancipation Monitor from 2020," said Dr. Josette Dijkhuizen. "On the other hand, the …

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