BJP to ramp up women's presence in organisation
2 days, 22 hours ago

BJP to ramp up women's presence in organisation

The Hindu  

The BJP is likely to have a higher representation of women in its organisational structures, compared to its outgoing committees at various levels from booth upwards, as it prepares for the implementation of the law reserving one-third of seats Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women. Sources said in a state like Madhya Pradesh, the BJP may have at least seven to eight women district presidents in its 62 organisational districts against the none in the outgoing set-up. Similarly, in Bihar, the BJP recently named two women district presidents amid its ongoing nationwide organisational election exercise. Party sources said their national leadership is of the view that it is necessary to groom a crop of women leaders bottom-up so that able candidates are in place when the law reserving one-third of Lok Sabha and assembly seats come into force. In Madhya Pradesh, considered a model BJP state organisation within the party, efforts have been made to ensure that at least three women are included in 11-member booth committees at most places, he said.

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To Help or Empower? Women in Indian Politics
5 days, 6 hours ago

To Help or Empower? Women in Indian Politics

The Diplomat  

In 2023, India’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, promised to extend the reservation of electoral constituencies to women. One can also approach this debate in a different way – by asking whether Indian women would be best helped by being offered various things, or instead by being allowed to have more agency. Moreover, while the 2015 state elections led …

BJP government working for women’s empowerment, says Rajasthan CM
1 month ago

BJP government working for women’s empowerment, says Rajasthan CM

The Hindu  

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Saturday said the “respectable status” of women in the State was a symbol of a strong society, even as his government had been working for women’s empowerment since he assumed office a year ago. He launched several new schemes for women’s welfare and released loans worth ₹100 crore to women’s self-help groups through …

Telangana Govt. Committed to Empowering Women in State
1 month ago

Telangana Govt. Committed to Empowering Women in State

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Rural development minister Seethakka on Friday reiterated the state government’s commitment to empowering women and ensuring their self-reliance through initiatives like Indira Kranti Patham, bank linkages, and interest-free loans. While distributing bank cheques to Self-Help Groups in Khanapur, Seethakka said the Congress government aimed to help women achieve financial prosperity by providing interest-free loans and loans at 25 per …

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics
1 month ago

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics

The Hindu  

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 …

Editor’s Note | Why Political Parties’ Women Welfare Schemes Have Nothing to Do with Real Empowerment
1 month ago

Editor’s Note | Why Political Parties’ Women Welfare Schemes Have Nothing to Do with Real Empowerment

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 10, 2024 22:46 IST - 3 MINS READ Earlier this year, LibTech, a grouping of academics and activists, published numbers that showed the deletion of over 39 lakh registered workers from the rolls of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Only a Pollyanna would imagine that the myriad aggressively marketed mahila schemes today have anything …

BJP may field ex-MPs, announce women-centric schemes for Delhi polls: Sources
1 month ago

BJP may field ex-MPs, announce women-centric schemes for Delhi polls: Sources

India Today  

The BJP is aiming to put up a tough fight in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls and is keen on fielding former MPs, and is working on announcing women-centric schemes to woo women's voters in the national capital, sources told India Today TV. Top sources in the Delhi BJP unit told India Today TV that the party would like to …

AAP goes all out to woo women voters as Delhi elections approach
1 month, 1 week ago

AAP goes all out to woo women voters as Delhi elections approach

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: With the Delhi assembly elections approaching, the Aam Aadmi Party is intensifying its outreach to women voters through a micro-campaign strategy. The party has set up 5,000 eight-member women’s groups, each tasked with organising meetings with small groups of around 10 women in different areas. These groups will highlight AAP’s achievements and encourage women to compare Delhi’s progress …

Her story: Record number of women MLAs in Jharkhand House
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Her story: Record number of women MLAs in Jharkhand House

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: The Jharkhand Assembly will witness the maximum number of women MLAs. Every Assembly in the state has seen an increasing number of women MLAs since Jharkhand was formed 24 years ago. Among the 12 elected, a maximum of five women MLAs came on the Congress ticket, while four, belong to BJP ticket. Nisat Alam, wife of former minister Alamgir …

Women Voters Script Political Fortunes
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Women Voters Script Political Fortunes

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand have highlighted the significant impact of women voters on the political fortunes of both the National Democratic Alliance and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. The alliance promised to provide Rs.2,500 per month to women starting December if re-elected, in addition to the existing Rs.1,000 given to poor women aged …

Ladki Bahin, Maiya Yojana: How women-centric schemes shaped results in 2 states
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ladki Bahin, Maiya Yojana: How women-centric schemes shaped results in 2 states

India Today  

In the evolving landscape of Indian politics, one trend has become increasingly apparent: welfare schemes targeted at empowering women becoming a decisive factor in securing electoral victories. WOMEN-CENTRIC WELFARE: A MODEL FOR SUCCESS A few years ago, political analysts often criticised the lower voter turnout among women compared to men, despite women accounting for nearly half the electorate. Launched months …

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 16:24 IST - 5 MINS READ Dear readers, If the election din in Maharashtra and Jharkhand is anything to go by, you would think women had suddenly become the secret sauce of Indian politics. Be it the BJP’s “beti, roti, aur maati” campaign and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Maiya Samman Yojana in Jharkhand, or the Eknath …

Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Women outnumber men in voter roll across 68 constituencies, says ECI
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Women outnumber men in voter roll across 68 constituencies, says ECI

India TV News  

Women voters took center stage in the recently concluded Jharkhand Assembly elections, outnumbering men in both phases of polling. K Ravi Kumar, Jharkhand’s Chief Electoral Officer, highlighted the active political engagement of women voters. Interestingly, women voters outnumbered men in 32 constituencies, including those of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and former Chief Minister Champai Soren. Congress leader Rajesh Thakur remarked, …

'19th Lok Sabha Will See 33% Reservation for Women': MP Bansuri Swaraj at News18 SheShakti 2024
3 months, 4 weeks ago

'19th Lok Sabha Will See 33% Reservation for Women': MP Bansuri Swaraj at News18 SheShakti 2024

News 18  

The second edition of News18 SheShakti began with a promise by MP Bansuri Swaraj that the 19th Lok Sabha would see 33 per cent reservation for women. Speaking at the session in New Delhi, the MP, who is also the daughter of late external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, said: “18th Lok Sabha is the last Lok Sabha to have this …

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women
4 months ago

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women

Hindustan Times  

Fifty-one women candidates have been fielded by major political parties for the October 5 elections of the 90-member Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the battlefield from where former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had begun her illustrious political journey in 1977. Now, as over 2 crore voters of Haryana are gearing up for the elections of the 15th Vidhan Sabha, ruling BJP’s …

Rajasthan approves 33% quota for women in police force
4 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan approves 33% quota for women in police force

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan on Wednesday approved 33% reservation for women in the police force by deciding to amend the State Police Subordinate Service Rules, 1989. Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel said after the meeting that the police would be able to work with more sensitivity in the matters related …

Rajasthan News: 33 % quota for women in police force approved by cabinet
4 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan News: 33 % quota for women in police force approved by cabinet

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janta Party government in Rajasthan on September 4 approved 33 per cent reservation to women in the police force and five per cent additional allowance to pensioners. Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa said an amendment to the Rajasthan Police Subordinate Services Rules, 1989, was approved in the cabinet meeting, paving the way for the one-third quota for …

PM urges BJP to recruit more women members as future leaders in readiness for Women’s reservation
4 months, 1 week ago

PM urges BJP to recruit more women members as future leaders in readiness for Women’s reservation

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday kicked off its membership drive, presaging the poll process through which the party elects its president, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being the first to renew his membership. Mr. Modi urged party members to make special efforts among women, youth and in areas where the party has been traditionally weak, to expand its base. …

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Delimitation hurdle for women quota
7 months ago

Delimitation hurdle for women quota

New Indian Express  

Speaking to this newspaper, senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore said the linkage with delimitation could delay the implementation of women’s reservation, adding the BJP is planning it for 2034. Echoing the view, noted economist and former chief statistician Pronab Sen told this paper that the women’s quota will get stuck because delimitation and census have been …

Missing women MPs in the new Lok Sabha
7 months, 1 week ago

Missing women MPs in the new Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

In the video, Sanjna Jatav is dancing to Rajasthani folk music. Her priorities are clear, she tells me on the phone: “Higher education for women who otherwise drop out because they aren’t allowed to attend co-ed institutions.” Despite the well-deserved euphoria of individual victories, the new Lok Sabha looks depressingly like the old Lok Sabha in one significant way: The …

India lags behind 150 countries in representation of women in Lok Sabha
7 months, 1 week ago

India lags behind 150 countries in representation of women in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

India fared worse than 150 countries in the representation of women in parliament, according to data from IPU-Parline, a global database on national parliaments. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 74 women MPs were elected, forming 13.6 per cent of the total number of members in parliament. India falls short of the global average of 26.5 per cent as well …

Only 3 women from region make it to Parliament
7 months, 1 week ago

Only 3 women from region make it to Parliament

Hindustan Times  

Parliament passed the women’s reservation Bill in the last session but only three women will be representing the states and Union Territories north of the national capital in the 18th Lok Sabha. The winners are Mandi BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut, 37, Bathinda Shiromani Akali Dal nominee Harsimrat Kaur Badal, 57, and Congress’ Sirsa winner Kumari Selja, 61. People’s Democratic Party …

Only three women elected to Lok Sabha from Himachal till date, just two in fray this time
8 months ago

Only three women elected to Lok Sabha from Himachal till date, just two in fray this time

The Hindu  

Only three women have made it to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in the past 72 years and this time, just two are in the fray. At present, women constitute about 49% of the total voters in the State but representation is not even one fourth and this is a cause of serious concern," said Ramesh Chauhan, head of …

Himachal: Only three women elected to LS polls till date, just two in fray this time
8 months, 1 week ago

Himachal: Only three women elected to LS polls till date, just two in fray this time

New Indian Express  

SHIMLA: Only three women have made it to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in the past 72 years and this time, just two are in the fray. "Women from humble background rising high in politics and carving a niche for themselves is still a big challenge in the country and Himachal Pradesh is no exception. At present, women constitute …

Telangana Congress Ramps Up Campaign, Targets Women, Farmers, and Youth
8 months, 1 week ago

Telangana Congress Ramps Up Campaign, Targets Women, Farmers, and Youth

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress has pinned high hopes on women, farmers and youth, who benefited from the schemes of the five-month-old Revanth Reddy government to make considerable gains in the Lok Sabha elections in Telangana state. As the May 13 polling day gets closer, the party leadership has decided to make a strong push to get the votes of these sections …

Out of 543, no women MP on 349 Lok Sabha seats in last 20 years. Check party-wise analysis
8 months, 1 week ago

Out of 543, no women MP on 349 Lok Sabha seats in last 20 years. Check party-wise analysis

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections are underway in the country. Out of the total declared candidates so far, women candidates share in the saffron party is 16 per cent while Congress has 14 per cent. This means that there is one woman candidate in every 7 in the BJP and one woman representative in every 6 candidates in the 'Grand Old Party'. …

Congress can ensure equality for women, says Geetha Shivarajkumar
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress can ensure equality for women, says Geetha Shivarajkumar

The Hindu  

Congress candidate for Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency Geetha Shivarajkumar said on Tuesday, April 30, that the Congress can ensure equality in the society for women. Speaking at a women’s conclave of the Congress at Kiri Manjeshwara, in Udupi district, under the Byndoor Assembly segment which is part of the Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency which will go to the polls on …

Odisha leads way on women in legislature
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha leads way on women in legislature

New Indian Express  

In the battleground of the world’s largest democracy, Odisha rarely figures among the states for having a decibel-shattering election process. With the eastern state going to the assembly poll at the same time as the Lok Sabha one, most political parties have shown a remarkable spark in nominating more women as candidates without waiting for the implementation of the women’s …

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters

Hindustan Times  

India has experienced a decade of political churning. However, in Congress–aligned households, only 68% of women followed men’s political preferences, with 25% aligning themselves with the rival BJP instead. The BJP’s traction among women was also pronounced in Uttar Pradesh, as evidenced by community-specific, gender-disaggregated patterns from exit polls conducted by Axis-MyIndia in that state’s 2022 assembly elections. Despite Hindutva’s …

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in …

Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

Though all the political parties talk about giving equal representation to women, during ticket distribution in the polls, the talk remains a false promise. The picture became clear on Monday when the Congress announced the names of five more candidates for Bihar in which there was no mention of any woman candidate contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Going by the …

Congress conspiring to divide the country again based on religion, caste and geographical considerations: Meenakshi Lekhi
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress conspiring to divide the country again based on religion, caste and geographical considerations: Meenakshi Lekhi

The Hindu  

Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi on Friday, April 19, alleged that the Congress was conspiring to divide the country again based on religion, caste and geographical considerations. Ms. Lekhi claimed that the people of the country would vote for the BJP to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister for the third term to carry forward …

Sexism on the campaign trail
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Sexism on the campaign trail

The Hindu  

Since last weekend, Karnataka has seen arrows flying between the two top political leaders on the question of what the government’s flagship guarantee schemes have meant for women. Kumaraswamy’s interpretation of how two of the five guarantee schemes targeted at women — free travel in non-luxury government buses and monthly financial support of ₹2,000 for women heads of families — …

Plan ahead to improve women’s representation
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Plan ahead to improve women’s representation

New Indian Express  

There are few surprises in candidate selection for this Lok Sabha election. Most of the women in the fray today are daughters, wives, sisters or daughters-in-law of party leaders, anointed to continue the family business, tutored and dictated to by male family members. This election’s series of unsavoury remarks—from women deemed fit only for the kitchen, and certain candidates needing …

Telangana LS polls: Who will secure women-dominated Adilabad segment?
9 months ago

Telangana LS polls: Who will secure women-dominated Adilabad segment?

New Indian Express  

ADILABAD: Like in the past elections, the candidates of BJP, Congress and BRS are trying to attract the female voters in this Lok Sabha elections, by highlighting the welfare schemes introduced by their respective parties for the benefit of women. These include Mahalakshmi free bus travel scheme for women and the Gruha Jyothi scheme that provides free power up to …

Lok Sabha election | Parties need to walk the women talk
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election | Parties need to walk the women talk

The Hindu  

When the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on September 21, 2023 it was dubbed as a milestone in the history of the women’s rights movement in the country. Hitherto, the number of seats any coalition has offered to women in the previous Lok Sabha polls over the past 20 years is a maximum of three. Of …

Women To Help BJP Win 12 LS Seats in TS: Aruna
10 months ago

Women To Help BJP Win 12 LS Seats in TS: Aruna

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana's BJP leadership anticipates securing at least 12 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming elections, fuelled by substantial backing from women voters, said BJP vice-president D.K. Encouraging women to wield their influence by ensuring a resounding victory for BJP candidates, Aruna asserted that the realisation of 33 per cent reservation for women in politics would materialise …

'No platform for women in the Congress': Ex-party leader who joined BJP
10 months, 2 weeks ago

'No platform for women in the Congress': Ex-party leader who joined BJP

India Today  

S Vijayadharani, a former Congress MLA who joined the BJP on February 24, slammed the 'grand old party' and claimed that women are not given recognition when it comes to leadership roles. She said that difficulties were being created for women in politics and said that she had to resign from the Congress 37 years after she had first joined. …

Parliament okays bills to extend women’s quota in J&K, Puducherry assemblies
1 year ago

Parliament okays bills to extend women’s quota in J&K, Puducherry assemblies

Hindustan Times  

The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2023, and the Government of Union Territories Bill 2023 amid protests by opposition MPs over the December 13 Parliament security breach. HT Image The draft legislation were tabled for consideration by junior home minister Nityanand Rai, who urged immediate passage of the bills because they were important for …

Women's power surges in political landscape
1 year ago

Women's power surges in political landscape

Hindustan Times  

It is being seen as a significant step forward for women in politics that they are emerging as a crucial voting bloc in elections, and the recent assembly elections proved this in spades. In Madhya Pradesh, which saw a stunning BJP victory despite all predictions of how anti-incumbency would hobble the state government, women who comprise 48.20% of the 53.9 …

Women's reservation bill to come into force after 2024 census: Nirmala Sitharaman
1 year ago

Women's reservation bill to come into force after 2024 census: Nirmala Sitharaman

India TV News  

The government will initiate steps to enforce the women’s reservation bill after the 2024 census, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Speaking after releasing a commemorative postal stamp in the name of Rani Abbakka at Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday, Sitharaman hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the bill and said that it became of reality as …

LS clears Bills for women’s quota in J&K, Puducherry Assemblies
1 year, 1 month ago

LS clears Bills for women’s quota in J&K, Puducherry Assemblies

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha on December 12 passed two Bills to extend the provisions of the Constitution Act – that grants 33% reservation for women in Parliament and State legislatures – to the Union Territories of Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, but the debate was dominated by December 11th’s Supreme Court verdict on the abrogation of Article 370. Minister of State …

Women’s political empowerment — more talk, less action
1 year, 1 month ago

Women’s political empowerment — more talk, less action

The Hindu  

In any country, the political empowerment of women is generally possible with two routes — the first is to reserve seats for women in legislature by means of legislation and the second is to have provision for quotas for women candidates within political parties while nominating candidates. Assembly elections this year There is hardly any doubt that this is a …

No ticket, only sops: women still fall behind in the electoral sweepstakes
1 year, 1 month ago

No ticket, only sops: women still fall behind in the electoral sweepstakes

The Hindu  

Cash assistance, subsidised LPG cylinders, free education from kindergarten to postgraduation, and free rides on urban public transport — it is election season in five States and political parties are bending over backwards to woo women voters with a slew of promises. Swing voters While in some States, the gap has closed, in many other States the voting percentage of …

BJP steps up efforts to make Nov 2 Dalit meet a success
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP steps up efforts to make Nov 2 Dalit meet a success

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has stepped up its drive to connect with Dalits and the party is now looking to pull out all stops to make an impression by holding a mega Dalit meet in the state capital on November 2. This would be part of the six Dalit meets finalised by the party in the state, all attempts to …

BJP Likely to Field Ex-MLA Annapurna from Balkonda
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP Likely to Field Ex-MLA Annapurna from Balkonda

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: To ensure women's representation in the Legislative Assembly, the BJP is planning to field senior politician and former MLA A. Annapurna from the Balkonda Assembly constituency, instead of her son Dr A. Mallikarjun Reddy. Annapurna, who is believed to be a formidable opponent to the rivals in the elections, which will see a triangular contest in the constituency, entered …

‘Going to fight for implementation of Women’s Reservation’: Sonia Gandhi
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Going to fight for implementation of Women’s Reservation’: Sonia Gandhi

Live Mint  

Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi vowed to fight for the implementation of the Women’s Reservation at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam meet in Chennai amid the Opposition demands to conduct a caste survey for the Bill to come into effect. Addressing the meeting, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi said, "The Women's Reservation Bill has been passed. Sonia Gandhi asserted that …

Women’s Reservation: From Colonial Roots To Constitutional Progress
1 year, 3 months ago

Women’s Reservation: From Colonial Roots To Constitutional Progress

ABP News  

The 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill passed by both Houses of Parliament marks a significant event in the history of Independent India, being the world's largest democracy with a more than 700 million female population. The Constitution does not provide for the reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, as some members of the Constituent …

Behind women’s reservation in local body polls, tales of patriarchy, proxy candidates
1 year, 3 months ago

Behind women’s reservation in local body polls, tales of patriarchy, proxy candidates

Hindustan Times  

In a pale blue shirt, sitting on a chair in the centre of a dimly lit room in his home, hands on his knee, the women of his household hovering behind him, 60-year-old Namandilal Meena flashes the smile of an important man. In the voluble opinion of the men, the skew is an outcome of women’s “eternal lack of interest …

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